EDITORIAL | Phasing out multigrade classes is good. Closing small schools is not
Rural schoolchildren will have no chance if government insists on closing schools with less than 135 pupils
08 May 2022 - 17:44
On Tuesday, Marie Sukers, an African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) MP, made an impassioned plea to parliament to intervene in the reopening of a tiny school in a deep rural area in the Central Karoo. ..
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