Eldorado Park: Back to school, back to reality

Following the recent interruptions at Klipspruit West Secondary School (KWSS) which brought operations to a halt, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has finally found a solution to the problem.

The GDE met with the leadership of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) on September 26.

After the meeting with SADTU, the GDE confirmed that all educators that from KWSS as well as all the teachers who were involved in the withdrawal from about 30 schools in Eldorado Park would return to their classrooms.

SADTU described the intervention implementation by the department as satisfactory in aid of returning normality to the school. According to a statement released by the GDE, these interventions are:

• Security personnel have been deployed to the school for access control. No one will be allowed in the school premises if they don’t have business at the school.

• Residents will under no circumstances be allowed to prevent educators access to the school.

• Allegations of racism will be investigated by the South African Human Rights Commission

• The department appointed an acting principal with a full delegation.

• A task team of three officials from head office would also assist the acting principal with school governance, curriculum and support on management issues.

• The South African Police Service (SAPS) has assured visibility at the school.

The MEC said, “We are happy that there is progress in our efforts to bring back normality at the school”. The task team has a responsibility to report on progress made at the school.

The department has stated that they are hopeful that the intervention will yield positive results and that they will continue to monitor the situation.

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