CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape Schooling Division (WCED) says a security evaluation can be accomplished at Uitsig Secondary Faculty over the subsequent six weeks.
The varsity constructing, close to Ravensmead, has been declared structurally unsafe.
An engineer’s report was handed to the division earlier this week, advising learners and employees to vacate the premises as quickly as attainable.
From Monday, 235 learners will resume courses at a corridor within the close by Ravensmead Secondary Faculty till the top of this time period.
Indignant mother and father and learners of Uitsig Secondary Faculty took to the streets earlier this week, fearing the varsity can be utterly shut down.
WCED MEC Debbie Schäfer’s spokesperson, Jessica Shelver, says this era will permit officers to finish a security evaluation of the constructing.
“It isn’t our intention to shut Uitsig Secondary Faculty, however slightly to maneuver the learners to a protected and safe setting the place they will write their exams which start on Monday subsequent week. Sadly, that is the one choice at this stage.”
Division officers are presently assembly with members of instructor’s union Sadtu and commerce union Cosatu to debate the difficulty.
(Edited by Shimoney Regter)