Education officials are troubled by the wanton acts of violence and crime perpetrated on school grounds in Nelson Mandela Bay and elsewhere in the province.
AmaXhosa royal house of Sigcawu was joined by education management and teachers’ unions in celebrating the achievements of Xolilizwe Senior Secondary School in Nqadu Great Place near Willowvale.
Teaching was disrupted at two East London schools on the first day of term on Tuesday when parents demanded pupils vacate classrooms in protest at the failure of authorities to address several key issues.
An association of school governing bodies has complained to the SA Human Rights Commission about the Eastern Cape education department’s failure to supply stationery and textbooks in time for the reopening of schools next Wednesday.