Langaville parents demand school to be fumigated
They threaten this will continue until proper fumigation has been done.
Tsakani – Armed with placards, learners at Langaville Primary School picketed outside the school premises on Thursday and Friday, demanding the school to be fumigated before learning can resume.
This is after two teachers allegedly tested positive for Covid-19 last week and teaching and learning continued until parents caught wind of the matter.
Angry parents approached the school principal a week later to find out why necessary protocols were not followed.
They disrupted teaching and learning and have threatened this will continue until proper fumigation has been done.
Also read: EMPD denies officers shot at protestors
Concerned parent David Chauke said they were concerned when they heard two teachers tested positive, and parents were not informed and the school was not fumigated a week later.
“As parents, we mobilised each other to approach the school principal through the members of the SGB to raise our concerns.
“Mostly we feared for our children’s health since learning and teaching continued even though the teachers might have been in contact with the learners and other teachers,” he explained.
Another angry parent, Nomsa Mhlongo, explained that the principal admitted to the allegations.
“He promised the department would send people to fumigate soon, but we were puzzled when a man came in with a container half full of something which looked like chemicals with no PPE.
“We will not allow our children back in the school until proper fumigation is done. We cannot play with our children’s lives,” she added.
Also read: Organisations to protest ban on cigarettes
In their response, Gauteng Department of Basic Education spokesperson Steve Mabona said: “Accordingly, cleaning of the contact areas must be done; however, the entire school was decontaminated due to the disruptions by the community.
“Health Risk Assessment did not recommend closure of the school,” he explained.
Mabona added that there was no need to report to parents and learners as no child or teacher were affected.
Follow us on:
