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OPINION | A perfect storm: The struggle for school infrastructure in the Eastern Cape

ET Thabane Primary in the Eastern Cape, with close to 2 000 pupils, needs more mobile classrooms in order to comply with physical distancing measures. Photo: Groundup/ Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. The national education department as well as the Eastern Cape education department have not shown the consistent political will to ensure that schools in the province are fixed with the urgency needed, writes  Elizabeth Biney, Hopolang Selebalo and Jane Borman. At Tantseka Primary School in Mthatha, over 200 pupils have been relieving themselves in the open air. At Masizame Junior Primary, a mud school in Centane near Butterworth, 175 pupils have been using one broken toilet. And 147 schools in the Eastern Cape recently had their water supply cut off because the Eastern Cape Department of Education owes the Amathole District Municipality R8 million.

OPINION | Basic education dept must take heed of lessons learnt in 2020 and fix, fund public schools!

.  My expectation with my matric results is to pass with good marks… It [the matric year] was affected so badly [by Covid-19] that at times we couldn t cope. We had to cover the whole year s syllabus in months not only just finishing it, but with a mandate of understanding all information given to us… What kept me going is the support our teachers gave us, the support my peers gave me… Also, [the] harsh reality hit us that we do not have a choice, we were never given a choice but to push through tough times,  matriculant Yolanda Magugu says, reflecting on the extraordinarily challenging 2020 school year.

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