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South Africa: Education Dept to Fence More Schools in KZN
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BuaNews (Tshwane)
7 May 2008
Posted to the web 7 May 2008
Gabi Khumalo
Vryheid
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education is to fence and add more security guards at schools across the province, in an attempt to tighten security and prevent violence against teachers and children at schools.
Reporting on violence at schools and the police sector during the Workers' Parliament on Tuesday, Provincial Premier Sibusiso Ndebele said in the past two years, the department has prioritised the fencing of school properties.
He said that 384 schools have been fenced with 950 still in need of fencing. During the 2008/09 financial year, the department will further fence 492 schools, while the remaining 458 will be fenced during 2009/10.
Furthermore, close to 3 000 security guards will be appointed in the current financial year, especially for vulnerable areas.
"To assist schools and school governing bodies, the legal section of the department has drawn up strict guidelines to ensure that search and seizure is conducted within the parameters of existing laws," Premier Ndebele said.
Mr Ndebele said the first step taken by the department to address the problem of violence at schools was to ensure that all schools have active safety committees including principals, school governing members, local councillors and local Amakhosi where needed.
He said the province has started aligning departmental safety structures with schools as a key priority in 2007/8.
"The Office of the Departmental Head and Commissioner of the South African Police Service have worked closely to participate in all crime prevention programmes offered by SAPS and give access to managers from Head Office to school level to contribute to the formulation of crime prevention plans for their areas and on anti-drugs, anti-violence and Adopt a Cop campaigns," said Mr Ndebele.
The interaction will be monitored on a quarterly basis throughout the financial year.
The premier further said that during the financial year, there will also be an alignment of different education management levels with management levels at SAPS to formalise the cooperative relationship in the effort to prevent crime.
All schools have been linked with police stations and in particular with the stations' Youth Desks.
Furthermore, the department has nominated 28 officials to represent schools in 28 cluster "joints", area-based SAPS structures where crime combating strategies for specific areas are discussed and solutions found.
The premier also announced that his office targets to double the money for adult education as part of the Literacy and Numeracy Campaign.
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"A total of 180 000 adult learners enrolled in the 2007/08 financial year to learn to read, write and count and through the Masifundisane programme, we supported 4 000 facilitators, 300 supervisors and 240 community monitors at 4 000 learning sites throughout KwaZulu-Natal.
"Not only has this joint venture with the Department of Education and other sister departments freed thousands of adults from the prison of illiteracy, but it has also provided an income to more than 4 000 facilitators, supervisors and monitors.
"Approximately R33 million has been paid to them as stipends in the 2007/08 financial year, our target for the 2008/09 financial year is to double the effort," Mr Ndebele said.
Because of socialist laws etc. my wife a teacher is afriad of the pupils.
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