The Ward 1 office was recently approached by the headmistress of Lovemore Park Farm School, Ms Ayanda Nkumanda, who appealed for help to prevent the threatened merger or closure of the school. The following is her appeal: On 12th March, 2013, the MEC for Education, Mr Makupula called the school governing bodies to a meeting at Algoa College of Education. This was to relay the scenarios for the re-alignment, mergers and closing of schools. The District Director of Port Elizabeth addressed the … [Read more...] about Future of Lovemore Park Primary School under threat
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Human Rights Commission must investigate Department of Education over collapsing schools in the Eastern Cape
Today I visited the Lovemore Park Farm School in the Eastern Cape. This school, just 15 minutes outside of Port Elizabeth, has been abandoned by the Department of Education, and is on the brink of collapse. The terrible conditions in which these children must endure is not only an infringement of their constitutional right to access education, but is also in clear violation of the constitution’s emphasis on the rights of the child being of paramount importance in all matters. For … [Read more...] about Human Rights Commission must investigate Department of Education over collapsing schools in the Eastern Cape
