Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, on the present time opened a newly built block of faculty rooms, that can perhaps perhaps presumably also accommodate larger than 350 learners at Bordeaux Major Faculty in Randburg.
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) said this forms piece of its plans to present college rooms that can alleviate force in identified areas.
“We deserve to reiterate that, to tackle the force of placements in excessive force districts, the division is investing in building more college rooms.
“An quantity of R240 million that has been transferred to varsities would possibly perhaps perhaps assist with the building of faculty rooms. Accordingly, these funds will allow the building of 229 college rooms in identified major faculties and 270 college rooms in identified excessive faculties,” the division said in a press originate.
The division additionally provided an replace that every one Grade 1 learners were positioned, and remains hopeful that the splendid 202 Grade 8 learners in Johannesburg Central will be positioned by the discontinue of January 2022.
Since the outlet of the late registration on 12 January 2022, the division has positioned 22 664 learners.
Lesufi said the newly built building demonstrates that the mannequin of a decentralised budget for faculties in excessive force areas, with credible SGBs, that are able to enforcing one of these conducting, is certainly working.
“We’re angry that this conducting took about four months to finish and we hope all various upcoming projects will additionally not engage long to finish,” Lesufi said.