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Eastern Cape to close 123 under-enrolled schools, with 300 more facing shutdown
['Nerissa Naidoo']
Briefly.co.za
Images: @Siviwe Gwarube MP/FacebookSource: FacebookEASTERN CAPE — The Eastern Cape Department of Education has moved to shut down 123 public schools during the current financial year, citing unviable enrolment levels as the primary reason.
According to the department, schools are classified according to national norms and standards into two prototype categories.
Civil society groups are pressing for the public release of annual infrastructure progress reports to keep both provincial and national education authorities accountable.
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recently reported on primary school learners in Inanda who reportedly looted a local tuckshop, sparking outrage online as many pointed fingers at the adults around them.