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Thousands march against education minister─── 05:46 Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Pretoria - Thousands of school children and Equal Education (EE) members marched in Pretoria and Cape Town yesterday to demand that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga publish norms and standards on school infrastructure.
They also called for safer and better resourced schools.
In Cape Town, around 2 500 learners marched to Parliament, where they delivered a memorandum to a representative of the basic education department.
Other marches were held in Johannesburg and Durban on Sunday.
According to EE, 3 544 schools have no electricity, 401 have no water and 2 611 have an unreliable water supply; 913 have no toilet facilities and 11 450 are using pit toilets.
It said many schools also have inadequate library, laboratory and computer resources.
Last week, EE announced it was taking Motshekga to court for allegedly breaching an agreement in this regard.
The matter will be heard on July 11.
Sapa
They also called for safer and better resourced schools.
In Cape Town, around 2 500 learners marched to Parliament, where they delivered a memorandum to a representative of the basic education department.
Other marches were held in Johannesburg and Durban on Sunday.
According to EE, 3 544 schools have no electricity, 401 have no water and 2 611 have an unreliable water supply; 913 have no toilet facilities and 11 450 are using pit toilets.
It said many schools also have inadequate library, laboratory and computer resources.
Last week, EE announced it was taking Motshekga to court for allegedly breaching an agreement in this regard.
The matter will be heard on July 11.
Sapa
