Report puts lack of school libraries and laboratories under microscope

Only 5,823 schools in SA have libraries, and of these, only 3,312 are stocked with books

02 October 2023 - 20:55

A recent department of basic education report on school infrastructure has revealed that only 3,926 or 17.4% of the country’s 22,597 public schools have science laboratories. ..

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