{"id":20549,"date":"2013-06-20T16:37:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/1049-eastern-cape-schools-without-proper-toilets\/"},"modified":"2013-06-20T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:37:32","slug":"1049-eastern-cape-schools-without-proper-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/1049-eastern-cape-schools-without-proper-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"1049 Eastern Cape schools without proper toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A total of 1049 schools in the Eastern Cape do not have proper toilet facilities, according to Education MEC Mandla Makhupula\u2019s reply to a DA parliamentary question in the provincial legislature.<\/p>\n<p>This is a human rights violation on an unprecedented scale, with an estimated 260 000 Eastern Cape children attending school each day without proper sanitation facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The DA wrote to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) this morning calling for a province-wide investigation into sanitation at schools.<\/p>\n<p>Given the billions of rands made available to fund Eastern Cape education every year, it is unacceptable that almost 1 in 5 of the 5664 public schools don\u2019t have the most basic facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In fact the Education Department had all the time and money in the world to eradicate these backlogs but instead wastes millions every year on maladministration, corruption and unfunded mandates.<\/p>\n<p>This shocking neglect from the Education Department undermines the dignity of hundreds of thousands of children attending public schools in the Eastern Cape everyday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reply, the Department claims that 173 schools \u201cwill receive sanitation this financial year\u201d, with a further 913 to be serviced by the end of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>These are promises we have all heard before from the Education Department, but it has never resulted in the action our learners need.<\/p>\n<p>What we need now is a programme of action from the HRC to establish why in almost 20 years of governance 1049 schools still do not have toilets.<\/p>\n<p>Only sustained public pressure on the Education Department will force them to do something about the impact this rights violation has on our children\u2019s ability to study and learn.<\/p>\n<p>Every child should be able to go to a public school with dignity and get a quality education. We call on the HRC to act on our request without delay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edmund van Vuuren<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 1049 schools in the Eastern Cape do not have proper toilet facilities, according to Education MEC Mandla Makhupula\u2019s reply to a DA parliamentary question in the provincial legislature. 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