DISTRESS SIGNALS, THE FALLOUT: UCT Online High School parents angered by ‘arrogant and dismissive’ response to articles

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Following the publication of Daily Maverick’s series of articles on UCT Online High School, the school issued a statement in response, calling our reporting ‘misleading, wrong in parts, and irresponsible’. Daily Maverick was contacted by several parents...

was contacted by several parents who wanted to express their feelings towards the school’s response, accusing it of being “arrogant and dismissive”, and failing to account for the troubles faced by many at the school this year.spoke to, many took aim at the school’s decision to quote someone who said the number of unhappy parents were “nothing more than a small inconsequential attention-seeking group of upstarts that regularly make fools of themselves in the parent groups”.

In the words of one parent: “I think they need to be held accountable. There needs to be some form of accountability on this.”On Thursday, 6 October 2022, a letter written by and on behalf of the guardians of Grade 8 learners in Gauteng was sent to UCT Online High School, laying out an extensive list of issues encountered by children and guardians, which they felt, had been “completely unaddressed or not addressed satisfactorily” by the school administration.

The letter was addressed to the UCTOHS Guardians’ Forum, the school’s former director and principal, Yandiswa Xhakaza, deputy principal Sipho Mpisane, UCTOHS and Valenture Institute.on 1 December 2022, and Banele Lukhele has been appointed as the school’s executive head and chief academic officer. Lukhele was previously UCTOHS’ director of faculty.

 

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