Education Inequality | Pit toilets still a reality for many
An ongoing health hazard where many children are exposed to inhumane conditions. This is what in 2023, many pupils from the Eastern Cape are subjected to.
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An ongoing health hazard where many children are exposed to inhumane conditions. This is what in 2023, many pupils from the Eastern Cape are subjected to.
The Private Students Housing Association (PSHA) has dismissed allegations of collusion and price-gouging which it says has been levelled against private student accommodation providers by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation. The PSHA, which said the claims are baseless, blames government policy uncertainty as a direct course of unaffordable student accommodation.
Despite the numbers of schools damaged by storms and floods each year, the Department of Basic Education – and expenditure allocated to basic education from Treasury – has overlooked climate change, write Tshidi Lencoasa and Julia Chaskalson.
The DA has accused the Department of Basic Education (DBE) of not doing enough to eradicate pit toilets and develop school infrastructure
Investments in appropriate and safe school infrastructure and the physical conditions for learning are not a luxury — they are a necessity.