• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home South Africa

Equal Education launches campaign against overcrowding in Gauteng schools

28 November 2021, 9:10 AM  |
Sashin Naidoo Sashin Naidoo |  @SABCNews
A teacher screens students as schools begin to reopen in Langa in the Western Cape on June 8, 2020.

A teacher screens students as schools begin to reopen in Langa in the Western Cape on June 8, 2020.

Image: Reuters

A teacher screens students as schools begin to reopen in Langa in the Western Cape on June 8, 2020.

Non-profit organisation Equal Education has launched a campaign against overcrowding in Gauteng schools.

The campaign titled “#NoSpaceForUs” is based on research that the organisation conducted between September 2019 and June 2020 at nine schools in Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni.

Equal Education’s researcher Katherine Sutherland says it’s evident that overcrowding is a problem as more than 70% of classes at the schools that they had surveyed had more than 40 learners.

“EE’s Gauteng learner members (Equalisers) have long spoken of the significant challenge that overcrowding in schools has on their ability to learn and on the ability of teachers to teach. 74% of classes (557 of 751) that we inspected had over 40 learners.”

“Seven out of the nine schools had at least 15% more learners than the building was designed to hold. 66% of the classroom buildings that we measured were too small for the number of learners that they held. 82% of the classrooms buildings we inspected had too little furniture for the number of learners inside them. 65% of the teachers we interviewed were overworked,” says Sutherland.

A school can be considered overcrowded when – due to a shortage of school resources and/or lack of school autonomy – some class sizes grow to the extent that teachers’ and learners’ ability to create an effective learning environment is limited. #NoSpaceForUs
– Nicola Soekoe. pic.twitter.com/7UnOErpGpo

— Equal Education (@equal_education) November 27, 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on schools under the spotlight:

Share article
Tags: Equal Education
Previous Post

Mapisa-Nqakula describes travel ban on SA and other SADC countries as “annoying and irritating”

Next Post

Six Sudanese soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack

Related Posts

Minister of Police Bheki Cele

Cele reacts to arrest of police mom charged with of rape of her child

29 January 2023, 9:48 AM
Vegetation fire in Bainskloof in the Boland, Western Cape, January, 2023

Vegetation fire rages on in the Western Cape

29 January 2023, 9:14 AM
Stop Gender-Based Violence.

Man accused of killing his wife to appear in court on Monday

29 January 2023, 8:51 AM
Despite efforts by African states to curb this illegal practice, many gaps still enable trafficking and smuggling criminal networks to carry out this trade in human beings.

South Africa is a source, transit and destination for human trafficking

29 January 2023, 8:23 AM
[File Image]A child running away from the dark room.

NPA applies for cancellation of Gerhard Ackerman’s bail

29 January 2023, 7:25 AM
Jacob Zuma

Decision on Judge Koen on recusal matter in case involving Zuma to be heard on Monday

28 January 2023, 10:01 PM
Next Post
FILE PHOTO: Members of Ethiopian National Defence Force prepare to head to mission in Sanja, Amhara region, near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020.

Six Sudanese soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • Scorcher predicted in Northern Cape for two weeks
  • Gas leak shut, isolated in Pretoria North
  • Limpopo man arrested after discovery of his wife’s body in water-filled pit toilet
  • Residents shut down Komani over power woes
  • ANC slams DA’s march to Luthuli House
  • Parts of the Northern Cape to be exempted from rolling blackouts
  • VIDEO | St Benedict College’s Matric learner gets 11 distinctions
  • Limpopo matriculant from child-headed household attains diploma pass
  • Female circumcision practice thriving in Eastern Cape
  • Premier denies claims that KZN government spent millions on Mampintsha’s funeral
  • Gas leak shut, isolated in Pretoria North
  • Limpopo man arrested after discovery of his wife’s body in water-filled pit toilet
  • EFF cuts ties with IFP in KwaZulu-Natal
  • KZN Shark Board bans bathing at beaches amid cyclone Cheneso
  • Stolen cars recovered near Mozambican border

LATEST

  • Politics

VIDEO: ANC NEC Lekgotla | Resolving the energy crisis is ANC’s immediate challenge – Ramaphosa


A women looks on next to a paraffin light during a blackout in Soweto, South Africa, March 18, 2021.
  • Politics

Electricity crisis continues to undermine economic growth: Ramaphosa


File image: Water being poured into a bucket.
  • Sci-tech

Water supply reduced as Joburg Water experiences power interruption


Nakia, Daniel 5, Darius 11 and Devonte 8 take part in a protest after the release of the body cam footage showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, who then died three days later after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, US, January 28, 2023.
  • World

Memphis disbands police unit after fatal beating


File image: Small communities, environmental groups and civil society are opposing Shell's plans to explore on the coast off the Eastern Cape.
  • Sci-tech

Russia’s polar seismic vessel docks in Cape Town despite protests


Minister of Police Bheki Cele
  • South Africa

Cele reacts to arrest of police mom charged with of rape of her child


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous Mapisa-Nqakula describes travel ban on SA and other SADC countries as “annoying and irritating”
Next Six Sudanese soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack