Zeekoevlei Primary SGB calls for intervention

THE school governing body (SGB) of Zeekoevlei Primary School has kicked back on claims that they were part of the dismissal of teachers at the school, where 76 learners were crammed into a classroom.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

IT is alleged that 76 learners are crammed into one classroom at Zeekoevlei Primary.

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It has asked for intervention, writing to the MEC.Education watchdog, Parents for Equal Education (Peesa)’s founder, Vanessa le Roux, took to social media last week, where she shared the concerns of a Grade 7 parent at the school, with claims that 76 children were in one Afrikaans classroom.

She further claimed that due to an SGB post cut, there were just two teachers for nine subjects.

The Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) Director of Communications, Bronagh Hammond, said their district officials had been dispatched to the school and that the matter was being resolved.