Eastern Cape premier, Phumulo Masualle has urged parents in Port Elizabeth’s northern areas not to disrupt schools next week.
He says as much as there are reasons on the part of parents to be unhappy, learners should not be deprived of education by closing down schools.
Masualle told reporters at the Port Elizabeth city hall on Friday afternoon that the provincial government would invite parents to take a different route than that of shutting down schools.
On Thursday evening, angry parents vowed to shut down schools if the education department did not meet their demands.
Schools in Port Elizabeth’s northern area’s came to a standstill last year when violent protests erupted, after 33 schools were shut down due to a number of issues, including teacher shortages
Masualle, education MEC Mandla Makupula, human settlements MEC Helen Sauls-August and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Danny Jordaan conducted back-to-school inspections at several schools in the Metro this week.
