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The Basic Education Department says it is doing everything possible to ensure that students at schools in KwaZulu-Natal that were damaged by the recent floods can resume classes as soon as possible.

It is unclear when students from more than 60 schools in KwaZulu-Natal will return to school. This is due to the schools beingand bridge and road repairs following the province’s floods two weeks ago.

The department’s spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says, “We initially had 101 which were not accessible but by yesterday the number reduced to 62. The Department of Transport and other agencies are helping us to clear the roads and to make sure that those schools are accessible. In terms of the actual damage to the schools themselves, there are 124 which need their attention. By the way, that number adds to schools that were damaged during the previous storm about 18 months ago.

“We are rolling out a programme of rehabilitation of our schools’ infrastructure. We have just signed off with providers who are going to be supplying mobile classrooms in schools that were partially damaged, in the sense that some structures of the school were working. Some classrooms were working but some have been so damaged that they are not usable,” explains Dr Ngcobo.

Meanwhile, Natu’s Phindile Mnabe has raised concerns about learners who are still sitting at home. “The department is trying but it’s not as fast as we would expect it to be because at some stage where schools are not accessible, learners are still at home and educators are either reporting at home or at other schools or at circuit offices.”

 

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