Seven grade 10 learners were injured when the ceiling fell on their heads while they were sitting quietly in class waiting for their teacher at a school in Soshanguve, Tshwane.
One of them had to stay in hospital for more than a week but the department of education ignored parents' concerns about dodgy infrastructure and vandalism at MJ Mgidi Senior Secondary School in Soshanguve that Sowetan has found to be in bad shape.
Sowetan visited the school and discovered more than 1,000 learners were sharing two toilets as the rest had broken down. The boys toilets have not been working for months and they urinate in the bush. The taps weren't working and the drainage system was blocked. Teachers at the schools said the problem started in 2017 after the school was changed from a secondary school with only grades 8 and 9, into a full-blown high school. This resulted in overcrowding, they said.
Gauteng department of education spokesperson Steve Mabona said their infrastructure unit has been dispatched to the school to assess the situation for further intervention. He also urged parents to refrain from any further disruption of learning.
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