NEWS: Eastern Cape school list to be compiled

The basic education and Eastern Cape education departments have to publish an updated list of public schools with inappropriate structures, the Eastern Cape High Court ruled on Thursday.



The list had to be published within 45 days of the order, on both the national and provincial education departments' websites.

It had to be accompanied by a comprehensive plan detailing what infrastructure every school on the list would receive, along with timeframes.

Schools with inappropriate structures included mud schools.

The Centre for Child Law and five schools took both departments to court to force them to identify all such schools in the province and to publish a rebuilding timetable.

The five schools that approached the High Court would receive emergency relief, within 90 days of the order, in the form of safe and adequate structures, sufficient water, and adequate sanitation.

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