School shutdown because of overcrowding

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DURBAN - PARENTS, residents and the ANC Youth League have moved to shut down an overcrowded school on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, in an attempt to force the education department to expedite building renovations at the school.

Classes at Tinley Manor Primary School near KwaDukuza have up to 120 pupils.

Last week, residents kept out pupils and teachers at the school based in Velani township, Itete, in KwaDukuza. The school has seven blocks and nine classrooms, and caters for more than 1400 pupils and it is the only primary school in the area.

Residents claimed they were assured on several occasions that renovations would be conducted to accommodate the high number of pupils at the school.

However, the department had failed to act timeously, they alleged.

Department of Education spokesperson Sihle Mlotshwa said they were aware of the matter.

“The school is in a design stage and the construction work at the school is scheduled for September. We urge the community to co-operate with the department so that teaching and learning are not delayed any further,” said Mlotshwa.

School governing body (SGB) member Mncedisi Mkhathini said teaching and learning were a nightmare.

“Imagine being a teacher and having to sit in a class with 120 pupils around you. In some instances a single classroom was being split into two. While one teacher taught half the class one subject, another teacher worked on another subject,” said Mkhathini.

More at: https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/school-shutdown-because-of-overcrowding-13349570

 

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Classes at Tinley Manor Primary School near KwaDukuza have up to 120 pupils.

But when taxi drivers try to cram them in they get arrested.

 

[Devviem]

Think if 50 Afrikaans students pitch up there and demand to be accommodated in their language

 

[longboy]

Sad state of affairs. Then again Education is pretty low on the list of priorities for ZA.
The Education budget is big but the administration is a failure.

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

Sad state of affairs. Then again Education is pretty low on the list of priorities for ZA.
The Education budget is big but the administration is a failure.

In South Africa, the administration of all state run institutions is a failure. This is how Affirmative Action works. Get used to it because it won't change - until Jesus comes

 

[RyanPCMR]

Colonialism was not all bad

In South Africa, the administration of all state run institutions is a failure. This is how Affirmative Action works. Get used to it because it won't change - until Jesus comes

I feel the same. SA is now just a big black hole in the spacetime continuum. Maybe colonialism was NOT ALL BAD!

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

I feel the same. SA is now just a big black hole in the spacetime continuum. Maybe colonialism was NOT ALL BAD!

Careful with the usage of the "colonialism" word - you racist