UMnyango wezeMfundo KwaZulu-Natal usuphinde waphika izinsolo zokuthi i-Addington Primary School eThekwini ibeka phambili abafundi bakwamanye amazwe kuthi abaseNingizimu Afrika ibabeke eceleni.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMfundo uSihle Hlomuka uvakashele isikole namuhla njengengxenye yokwengamela komnyango ukubheka isimo ngokungena kwabafundi esikoleni.
OLUNYE UDABA: OweMarch and March uthi alukho olubi alwenzayo ngokuhola imibhikisho
Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuba iMarch and March nomholi wayo uJacinta Ngobese-Zuma bebambe imibhikisho ngaphandle kwesikole befuna ukuthi izingane zaseNingizimu Afrika zibekwe phambili ekutholeni izikhala zokufunda.
Kuke kwenziwa nezinsolo zokuthi uthishanhloko kanye neningi labasebenzi bakhe babengabokufika.
“Lezi zinsolo zingamampunge, labo ababhebhethekisa la manga benza ngamabomu, futhi bakwenza bazi ukuthi babeka izimpilo ezingenacala engozini,” kusho uHlomuka.
Uthe isikole sinikeze ubufakazi bokuthi kubafundi abangu-1 548, abangu-968 kubona ngabaseNingizimu Afrika kanti abangu-580 kuphela bangabokufika.
“Isikole sibhalise abafundi abangu-17 abangenawo amaphepha kanti futhi abangu-12 ngabaseNingizimu Afrika kuthi abangu-5 babengabokufika.”
UHlomuka uthe umnyango wenze amalungiselelo okuba abafundi abangu-11 bakaGrade 1 abangakafakwa ezikhungweni ze-ECD eziseduze bathole indawo yokuhlala ngesilinganiso esincishisiwe.
Uthe njengoba kunje, kunohlu lwabafundi abangu-15 kuya kwabangu-21 abasadinga ukufakwa ezikhungweni zemfundo.
“Siyazwelana nabazali; nakuba kunjalo asihambisani futhi asiyikhuthazi indlela ekwenziwa ngayo neshiye othisha nabafundi behlukumezekile,” kusho uHlomuka.
WATCH: KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education Sipho Hlomuka's response when he was asked to back up his claims that those who are fighting for the placement of South African kids at Addington Primary School in Durban that they are playing politics – KZN Tonight Podcast pic.twitter.com/5HqNqnF7nm
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