GAUTENG. – Ten teachers have left Franklin D Roosevelt Primary School in Randburg, while allegations of mismanagement and intimidation according to the DA remain unresolved by the Gauteng department of education. The situation is affecting teaching and learning at the school, where the party believes at least four to five teachers are absent daily.
Grade five Afrikaans classes had to be merged due to a shortage of qualified teachers, while learners are allegedly taught by unqualified staff. Sergio Isa Dos Santos, the DA's shadow Member of the Executive Council for education in Gauteng, says the party has received allegations of financial irregularities, the sale of posts, extortion and intimidation. One allegation is that a member of the school governing body had to pay R5 000 to renew a contract. The principal was previously dismissed, but was later reinstated by the Council for Education Labour Relations (CELR) after the department allegedly failed to submit the required documents timeously.
The DA is calling on Lebogang Maile, Gauteng's MEC for education, to institute an independent investigation, hold those found responsible accountable and restore order at the school. The party says he will also ask questions about the progress of the matter and why the documents were not submitted timeously. The allegations have not been independently confirmed in the available statement.
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