DA DISCOVERS THOUSANDS OF TEXTBOOKS DESTROYED IN EC
A DA inspection of an Education Department district warehouse in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, has discovered thousands of textbooks lying burnt in and around the premises. For pictures click here and here.
Most of the books are mathematics texbooks. We have written to MEC Mandla Makupula demanding an explanation as to how valuable public resources for Eastern Cape children were allowed to be destroyed in this irresponsible way.
In other parts of the warehouse, boxes of books still in their packaging were discovered. It is unclear how many boxes are being housed there as some parts of the premises were not accessible to us.
The Department needs to account for how many boxes of books remain inside the warehouse and when these will be delivered to schools.
Given the massive shortages of both textbooks and workbooks in schools, every single book that does not reach a school will have an impact on a child's ability to learn.