Amnesty International calls for 'progressive planning' on reopening schools

Cape Town – NGO Amnesty International South Africa says the Department of Basic Education needs to be transparent, accountable and progressive in its planning as it considers the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The DBE held a joint meeting with the portfolio committee on basic education and the select committee on education and technology, sports, arts and culture on Wednesday. Mohamed highlighted a report that the organisation released in February which noted that out of 23 471 public schools in South Africa, 4 358 still had illegal pit latrines for sanitation and 37 schools had no sanitation facilities at all.

“After years of repeated failings and missed targets, there is no better time to start fixing South Africa’s poor education infrastructure,” added Mohamed.

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