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The Democratic Alliance said hundreds of young learners from Laerskool Grens in Buffalo City are being crammed into overcrowded classrooms because work on the new school they were promised four years ago has ground to a halt.
MPL, Yusuf Cassim, said the situation was exacerbated by the Department “annexing half of the current school grounds for the Buffalo City Inner City School, which is now also operating off the same premises.”
He said “due to bureaucratic bungling”, there are effectively two schools trying to operate from one of the premises that was already too small.
“Under Covid-19 conditions, this becomes life-threatening. Our learners deserve access to safe and dignified learning conditions, which one would expect from a capable state,” Cassim said.
He said last December Grens Primary agreed to the Department’s request for Buffalo City Inner City School to take over around half of its current premises, but he said the Department had not held up its end of the bargain.
The Eastern Cape Department of Education has apologised for the delay in a letter to the school.
