📚No-fee schools are apparently abusing the 'donation' system by forcing parents to contribute, or else learners' progress reports are withheld, or admission is denied. backtoschool schoolsinsa TheCitizenNews Read the full story here⤵️
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A parent who did not want to be named to protect her 11-year-old daughter detailed how she was told to fork out a R200 once-off donation, printer paper, and a packet of 10 toilet paper rolls for her daughter to be admitted to Grade 7. When she went to Kgantsho Primary School for her daughter’s progress report and transfer, she was told to first hand over two reams of printer paper and a packet of toilet paper which she ostensibly owed from the previous year.However, Rorobhani Primary School also asked for two reams of paper and 10 toilets rolls, bringing the total amount the unemployed single mother ended up paying for her daughter to access education to R400.
Mpumalanga secretary Jack Malatjie said they were encouraged by the department’s swift response to condemn this tendency. The Mpumalanga Department of Education spokesperson, Jasper Zwane, said no parent should be forced to buy extra stationery to top up on the departmentally issuedHe said the stationery allocated to schools was within the nationally prescribed norms and standards as set by the Department of Basic Education, and is ample to cater for all subjects offered in their No Fee Schools in the Province.“This is done such that there will be no need to augment it.
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