Eastern Cape schools send final letter of demand for textbooks: “We are demanding delivery of textbooks to the Nombulelo Secondary School in Grahamstown and Bethelsdorp Comprehensive School in Port Elizabeth‚ who‚ despite having ordered books in accordance with the [Eastern Cape Department of Education] ECDOE’s ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. Zuma, Nzimande call for an end to university shutdowns: A video last week went viral showing riot police firing rubber bullets at peaceful … [Read more...] about Grahamstown in the news: Eastern Cape schools send final letter of demand for textbooks
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J-Bay in the news: School in resort town faces shortage of textbooks and teachers
School in resort town faces shortage of textbooks and teachers: A high school built to help poor pupils in the plush resort town of Jeffreys Bay is facing a critical shortage of textbooks and teachers. The school has no library or laboratory and the computer room is empty. The Jeffreys Bay High School was opened ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: School in resort town faces shortage of textbooks and teachers
Education Department misleading public on burnt textbooks
The Eastern Cape Education Department has embarked on a campaign to mislead the public rather than coming out with the truth about the destruction of textbooks at the Fort Beaufort warehouse. Yesterday the DA identified thousands of textbooks lying burnt in and around an Education Department district warehouse. The Department's spokesperson Loyiso Pulumani claimed that the books belonged to an old teacher's college that was closed in 1998 and that the books were more than a decade … [Read more...] about Education Department misleading public on burnt textbooks
Thousands of Textbooks Destroyed in EC
A DA inspection of an Education Department district warehouse in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, has discovered thousands of textbooks lying burnt in and around the premises. (See image below) Most of the books are mathematics texbooks. We have written to MEC Mandla Makupula demanding an explanation as to how valuable public resources for Eastern Cape children were allowed to be destroyed in this irresponsible way. In other parts of the warehouse, boxes of books still in their packaging were … [Read more...] about Thousands of Textbooks Destroyed in EC
