The education ministry is currently constructing 105 additional pre-primary classrooms across the country at a cost of N$53.6 million to accommodate the swelling numbers of learners being enrolled in schools each year.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, told New Era the abolishment of the compulsory parental contribution to the school development fund has seen an increased intake of learners in pre-primary and primary grades at public schools. As a result the ministry finds itself without enough classrooms to accommodate all learners.
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