After weeks of seeing her first-time school-goer study under a tree, a Forest Village mother said she had no choice but to ship her Grade 1 daughter off to East London to get access to quality education.
Victoria Xulu said she is one of a few parents who had to send off their children to live with relatives in another province because schools in the area she lived in could not accommodate her child. “I could see that this wasn’t going to get us anywhere and I had to do the ultimate sacrifice which was to send my little one away. She is happier now that she is at a proper school and I can only rely on video call chats with her now.
WCED spokesperson Kerry Mauchline said: “The WCED had originally offered at the end of last year various alternatives for placement – both primary and high school. Every offer has been denied, or would only be accepted if we employed their ’existing teachers’ and created a ’new school’ on the premises of another. We cannot simply appoint teachers or create new schools in such a manner.”
Eastern Cape bayenza ihleleke lamasela ekhokheli zethu kuba bayaz abanabantwana bahlala phantsi komthi kunye naba nkomo iyaphi be councillor bayalibulala iphondo abarhwaphiliz bayiythatha imali development bazotsha abasathane ndibajongile izinja