Some farm schools in Nelson Mandela Bay are struggling to cope with the high volume of returning pupils.
Principal of Rocklands Combined School near Uitenhage, in the Eastern Cape, Andile Mabele says schools must adhere to the COVID-19 compliance ratio of one educator per 20 learners.
Mabele says this is a problem for under-resourced schools like his.
“So a class which used to be accommodated by two educators , now probably it can take 11 educators. So there is a need of educators as well as classrooms – infrastructure – if I may put it that way,” says Mabele.
The school’s toilets do not all have running water. They still rely on pit toilets. Mabele says they were let down by a service provider who only completed four of the required 20 toilets.
“It”s a crisis – it’s really a crisis. I think I will have to opt for another option – probably to take him to court,” says Mabele.
via - SABC
NELSON MANDELA BAY - FARM SCHOOLS UNABLE TO COPE WITH INFLUX OF RETURNING PUPILS
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