Concerned community members in Qonce plan to petition education MEC Fundile Gade in a bid to compel him to rebuild the dilapidated iQonce High School. The online petition platform, change.org, was started by Ginsberg resident and community activist Nhlanhla Mosele in September. About 2,808 signatures have been gathered.
Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade has warned that decentralising procurement of stationery and nutrition for schools could cause more harm than good, urging his department’s officials to guard against rogue elements.
As the matric exams draw nearer, provincial education department MEC Fundile Gade, departmental stakeholders, teachers' unions and pupils committed themselves to incident-free final examinations on Friday at Laërskool Grens.
Science boffins were in their element this week when Stephen Nkomo Primary School received a brand new science laboratory donated by the University of Western Cape (UWC), in partnership with the Eastern Cape department of education.
A toxic asbestos roofing threat is hanging over 207 Nelson Mandela Bay schools, posing a risk to staff and pupils alike with the deadly fibres linked to life-threatening forms of cancer.