It is more than two months since schools were disrupted by disgruntled residents, who took to the streets of Vuwani in protest against a high court ruling to place the area under the newly established Malamulele municipality.Pupils and teachers have not been able to return to their schools following threats from residents.The pupils, who have been split into three centres, started their mid-year exams on Monday and are expected to write their final paper on Wednesday next week. Vuwani poll delay fears over application to ConCourtThe Independent Electoral Commission is concerned that it might have to postpone municipal elections in Vuwani because of an application to the Constitutional Court.Department spokesman Nale-dzani Rasila said each centre had more than 200 teachers who were givinglessons so the matrics did not fall behind in the curriculum.Rasila said the department had initiated the plan to help pupils and teachers. "We are fortunate they are so dedicated," he said."We believe the matrics are ready for the mid-year exams. In fact, pupils have indicated that they are ready for their final exams in October." Vuwani funds gathering dustA drive to raise funds for schools in the embattled Vuwani area of Limpopo has yielded R1.7-million, of which R500,000 has been set aside for desks, chairs, photocopy machines and books. More than 20 schools were torched during the protests, and 50 others have been closed.Rasila said he was concerned about more than 20000 pupils who were still out of school, saying the department had not been able to implement its catch-up programme for them because of threats of violence."We are ready and continue to express our readiness. We hope to hold discussions with community leaders once things calm down because we are worried what this might mean for pupils," he added...