No excuse for Kraaifontein schools’ poor conditions, says SAHRC boss
Cape Town – Not even resource constraints may be used to justify the horrendous conditions faced by Western Cape public school pupils, said South African Human Rights Commission’s education commissioner André Gaum. His comments came as no learning took place at several Kraaifontein schools yesterday after about 5 000 irate parents and pupils took to the streets in solidarity with Bloekombos Secondary School, which was closed for a second day because of frustrations over overcrowding.
The pupils allegedly set alight to two houses, threw litter inside other Wallacedene and Bloekombos schools and chased away vehicles attempting to use Old Paarl Road, which they had blocked off.Gaum said the SAHRC was going to investigate the issue of unplaced pupils and severe overcrowding as it had raised the issues with Education MEC Debbie Schäfer at the beginning of the academic year.
Bloekombos Secondary is only able to accommodate 1 200 pupils, but 2 116 are enrolled, with some classes filled with 80 to 90 pupils, and Grade 12s writing their exams in its corridors. Schäfer’s spokesperson Jessica Shelver said overcrowding was becoming the norm in the province as they faced financial constraints."They acted against the instruction of the district and admitted far more pupils to the school that the school could accommodate despite the school already being at full capacity.”
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