The news that the department of basic education is working against time to ensure pit latrines are eradicated and replaced with proper sanitation in schools, is most welcome.
The department confirms about 3 898 schools were dependent on pit toilets and the scope of work now stands at 2 753. The department says it is working on measures to accelerate the provision of ade.
One SA Movement leader Mmusi Maimane. Image: Twitter/Mmusi Maimane
One SA movement leader Mmusi Maimane has slammed the department of basic education s plans to eradicate pit toilets at schools only in 2022.
According to the department s minister Angie Motshekga, who was replying to a written question in parliament, there are plans to eradicate pit toilets by March 2022.
Lobby group Equal Education said earlier this year that the latest National Education Infrastructure Management System (NEIMS) report showed there were nearly 4,000 schools in the country still using “plain pit latrines”.
“The plan is to eradicate the dependency on basic pit toilets at the identified schools by March 2022,” said Motshekga.