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Parents of Mary Waters learners lead their children in a march to the Department of Education offices in Makhanda on Friday 28 May. Photo: Sue Maclennan MEC to meet with Mary Waters parents
By SUE MACLENNAN (text and photos) and ANELISA CENTANE (audio)
Learners and parents at Mary Waters Secondary School are hoping that the visit to the school this morning by a high-level provincial government delegation will resolve the school’s teacher shortage. Learners in Grade 8 and 9 universally failed four subjects at the end of the first term because they had no teachers for them. Last Friday, with no sign of a resolution, around 200 learners, parents and teachers marched to the local offices of the Department of Education to hand over a memorandum with their concerns and demands. The school has been closed for more than two weeks.