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John Walton school closes again


Parents and learners from the John Walton Secondary School in Uitenhage closed the school again on Friday morning.

That's in protest against a lack of teachers.

Teachers and learners were seen standing outside the locked school gates.

Parents and learners closed the school last Wednesday, and held a protest march to the offices of the Department of Education in Uitenhage on Thursday.

They say there's a shortage of at least five teachers, and that hundreds of learners are not receiving any education because of this.

The deputy chairperson of the SGB, Donovan Buys, said last week that repeated attempts to get the education department to a meeting to discuss their concerns had fallen on deaf ears.