Parliamentary committee concerned some KZN schools still using pit toilets

This pointed to dereliction of duty on the part of the provincial department of education officials, she said.

The committee has recommended the department investigate this matter and carry out consequence management in cases where officials had failed to do their work.

“The committee has called for the department to provide an update on the roll-out of the sanitation appropriate for education (Safe) programme to enable the committee to assess the impact and provide solutions to impediments.”

The committee urged the department to strengthen its support to schools in relation to subject advisers to ensure improvements are made in the delivery of learning areas. 

“The progressive improvement of the delivery of learning areas will strengthen learning and improve the system in general,” she said.

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