Motshekga concedes overcrowding in schools is a problem: Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has conceded that overcrowding in schools is a problem with negative effects.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga addresses parents and pupils on the first day of the school year on January 11 at Cosmo City Primary School in Johannesburg.Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has conceded that overcrowding in schools is a dire problem with negative effects.
“It is a serious problem. Schools are carrying double the capacity and that is going to impact negatively on learning and teaching and infrastructure in all aspects,” she said. Motshekga visited four schools in Diepsloot and Cosmo City in Johannesburg on Wednesday to monitor the first day of the academic year.“From Limpopo to Lusikisiki [Eastern Cape], and that is why cabinet has approved a programme, a special intervention, which we will roll out from the next financial year to work with provinces to deal with overcrowding.”
Last year the department reviewed overcrowding in schools nationally and has approached the National Treasury for funding for more classrooms.
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