DA welcomes KZN Education’s tough stance against vandalism of schools
10 December 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal welcomes the tough stance taken by the province’s Education Department when it comes to vandalism and the burning down of schools by unruly learners. This after an announcement by MEC KwaziMshengu that the Department would ‘not reward anarchy’ by building schools that had been deliberately destroyed.
The DA condemns such actions by learners in the strongest terms.
To date, we are aware of four incidents where schools have been severely damaged, in some cases by learners. These include Zwelinjani Secondary School in the Pinetown District, where buildings including the principal’s office, the school kitchen and staff room were destroyed last week, allegedly by learners who are not happy with results from the recent exams.
The DA regards this as unacceptable.There are numerous channels through which learners are able to communicate their grievances and it should never have come to a such a situation.