EFF Demands School Placement of 2 000 Learners, Gives Gauteng Education Department 24 Hours

• The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) marched to the Department of Education in Gauteng on Wednesday, 15 February
• The Red Berets are demanding that more than 2 000 children be placed in provincial schools within 24 hours
• The Western Cape Education Department has similar issues and has yet to place over 1 400 children in schools in the province

GAUTENG - The EFF has given the Gauteng Education Department 24 hours to place more than 2 000 children in schools.

This comes after the school term began three weeks ago. The Red Berets marched to the department’s office and demanded that learners be placed in schools.

Members of the party said they would force schools to enrol children if their demands were not met within the 24-hour period. However, the provincial Department of Education Spokesperson, Steve Mabona, refuted the EFF’s claims.

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Speaking to SABC News, Mabona said classrooms in the province are overcrowded with almost 80 learners. He said some schools had reached their maximum capacities.

Meanwhile, the Western Cape Education Department has yet to place more than 1 400 children in schools. Education MEC David Maynier said new applications are putting strain on the department.

Maynier told News24 that the applications pose a great challenge as the provincial department continues to chase a moving target. He added that recourses would be redirected to cater for the additional learners.

Mzansi reacts to drama in the Department of Education

David Mdeva Makgatho said:

“They have enough space in prisons but are limited for learning this is weird.”

Munzhelele Thabelo posted:

“At least now EFF is fighting for something that matters and makes sense. All South Africans deserve to be educated.”

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Hellen Jack wrote:

“Long overdue, worst part is SA kids that do not have spaces. Last year it was around March without schooling.”

Abel D. J. Vries commented:

“It seems that Gauteng and Western Cape do not take placing kids in schools seriously.”

Kamvalethu Lethu Shukuma added:

“I might not like the vision of EFF but its concerns are sometimes reasonable.”

EFF leader Julius Malema raises concerns about the delays in the release of matric results

Briefly News also reported that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema raised concerns about the delay in the release of the 2022 matric results.

Malema was left dismayed that Umalusi, the executive council of the quality education assurance body, only released the results on Thursday, 19 January.

According to TimesLIVE, Umalusi had previously requested for results to be delayed further and only be released on Monday, 23 January.

Source: Briefly News