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    Court summons Education MEC over failed Amasango upgrade

    Rod AmnerBy Rod AmnerMay 11, 2022Updated:May 11, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The Amasango Career School operates out of six prefab classrooms near the old railway station. Archive photo: Loyiso Dyongman

    By LOYISO DYONGMAN

    The Makhanda High Court has ordered the MEC for Education in the Eastern Cape and the Superintendent-General to appear in court after failing to provide premises for a special needs school.

    In 2010, the court ruled that they must implement a plan to provide premises for the Amasango Career School, which provides for children with special needs. Currently, the school operates out of six prefab classrooms provided by the provincial education department on the edge of the abandoned railway line.

    In a ruling on 26 April, Judge Olav Ronaasen said they had failed to carry out the 2010 court order.

    He issued a rule nisi order —- an order that will come into force at a future date unless a particular condition is met (Wikipedia) —- that the MEC, the Superintendent General and the Minister for Basic Education must develop a plan in consultation with the School Governing Body. The plan must include timeframes and a budget, and they must report to the court on progress every three months.

    He said the MEC and Superintendent General must appear in court on 31 May to explain why this order should not be made final.

    The Legal Resources Centre based in Makhanda represented the school. In a statement, the LRC said the Amasango Career School had been founded in 1995 “to provide education to poor, often abused, and neglected children marginalised by apartheid and those who remained on the fringes of post-apartheid South African society”.

    “Many of these children have been abandoned by one or both parents and are homeless,” the LRC said.

    The school was registered as a “special school” by the Department of Education in 2003. Some of the learners live at the Eluxolweni shelter.

    The spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE), Mali Mtima, said the department could not comment at present.

    This article was first published in Groundup.org.za

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