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Chairs and desks in a classroom.
The Gauteng Department of Education says it will outline its plans to address infrastructure challenges in the province.
This follows complaints from parents at Bovet Primary School in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, about severe overcrowding.
Parents say some learners are forced to sit on the floor or on their school bags due to a lack of space.
Members of the School Governing Body say they have raised concerns with the department several times without a response.
They say some classrooms accommodate up to 80 learners.
Education MEC Lebogang Maile says the department will respond to the concerns.
“We will be dealing with the issue of infrastructure challenges and the general state of education in our province on Sunday through a press conference; we will attend to that issue and many others as well,” said Maile.
SGB member Collen Kutama says conditions are affecting learning outcomes.
“The department is expecting good results at the end of the year, which is highly impossible to produce good results under those circumstances,” said Kutama.
Another SGB member, January Chauke, says urgent intervention is needed.
“We have a lack of infrastructure; some children are sitting on school bags. So it is really affecting us, and we need serious intervention in terms of the Department of Education,” said Chauke.
Video | Bovet Primary School overcrowding leaves parents concerned
