The Acting Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Limpopo Department of Education strongly condemns the burning of schools which is prevalent in and around Malamulele area. There are already five schools burnt in the area.
The Acting MEC, Honourable Jerry Ndou received with shock and dismay the news of the burning of the storeroom with learning and teaching material of Nkatini Secondary School in Xigalo village this morning. There was also an attempt to burn the principal’s office at the PP Hlungwane School in the same area.
The burning of Nkatini Secondary Schools comes just a day after the community of Malamulele resolved on uplifting the shut-down protest which saw learners not attending schools since the beginning of the 2015 academic calendar. “We welcomed the end of the protest and banning of schooling and as the department we are doing all in our power to restore smooth learning and teaching processes. We cannot allow a situation where some people deny our kids learning opportunities. We request the law-enforcement to deal with the culprits,” emphasised the MEC.
The MEC continued that it is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, that everyone has the right to Basic Education, Adult Basic Education and Further Education. The state continues to strife to make provision in accordance with the constitution and education policies. This however, needs the whole community to rally behind the education of their children.
“Education is an apex priority of this country. We cannot realise the objectives of the National Development Plan (NDP) with the generation that is deprived of the right to education. We plead that community members take ownership of the education facilities and protect them,” says the MEC.
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