Learners at some schools in Gauteng are still sitting in overcrowded classrooms or learning under trees, but the Gauteng Department of Education says there’s no “crisis”.
In May this year, frustrated parents shut down the school, complaining that renovations started more than five years ago had not been completed. In a statement in May, the Gauteng education department said R12-million had been allocated to renovate the school. Meanwhile, said the department, mobile classrooms would be delivered in May. But whenvisited the school last week, some of the units were still being delivered.
The school still rotates the Grade 8 and Grade 9 classes, with one group attending for a week and another for the following week. A church building is used as another Grade 11 class to create more space. Learners use two standpipes for water. Nandi Khambule is the parent of a learner at the school. She says parents’ complaints about conditions at the school “all fall on deaf ears”.
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For these & other glaring failures - Panyaza has been promoted to Premier. Sisekakeni🤞🏾