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Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi led a delegation of department officials and police to crack down on illegal operations.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi inspected and closed two illegal schools in Ivory Park on October 8, 2020. Image: Abigail Javier / EWN
IVORY PARK – About 20 people have been arrested in connection with illegal schools in Ivory Park alongside Tembisa.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has led a delegation of department officials and the police to crack down on operations.
The MEC visited two schools in Tembisa, one of which has several branches in the area.
The department said Tembisa had been hit by a wave of bogus schools, with thousands of students receiving an inappropriate education and passing grades with unrecognized grades.
Lesufi visited the True Grace Christian Combined School, which was built just two weeks ago.
The school has two bathrooms for more than 1,000 students, while parents said they had been paying school fees.
“I pay 1,200 rand,” said one of the parents. “Even the first time I was not sure about the school and now I just found out that we have been paying school fees for nothing.”
Lesufi has ordered the school closed with immediate effect.
“We cannot allow a situation where people do what they want. Those responsible for these things must be arrested. “
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Bernard Matimulane of the police said that several people, including a director, security guards and educators, had been arrested.
“We will be verifying if they are in the country legally and the principal will also take care of the security that is not registered. And, hopefully, they will appear tomorrow at the Magistrates Court of Tembisa ”.
With about two months to go for the academic year, the department said it would find places for the students.
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