{"id":43105,"date":"2024-03-07T10:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T08:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wced-adds-extra-classes-to-ease-overcrowding-at-lwandle-20240306\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:07:50","slug":"wced-adds-extra-classes-to-ease-overcrowding-at-lwandle-20240306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wced-adds-extra-classes-to-ease-overcrowding-at-lwandle-20240306\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape Education Department adds extra classes to ease overcrowding at Lwandle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By the end of March five temporary classes under construction at Lwandle High School to ease the overcrowded classes will be operational.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The construction began on Monday 26 February and is expected to be completed at the end of this month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ward 86 councillor Xolani Diniso stated that the entire school has prefab classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of March five temporary classes under construction at Lwandle High School to ease the overcrowded classes will be operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The construction began on Monday 26 February and is expected to be completed at the end of this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 86 councillor Xolani Diniso stated that the entire school has prefab classes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the addition of the five classes as a breath of fresh air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a new school. It was established in 2023. All the classes are built with prefabs. But because of the number of learners at the school the provincial department of education decided to add another five temporary classes on top of 16 temporary classes and two laboratories,\u201d explained Diniso, adding it is not a fully-fledged school as the classes offered are Grade 8 to Grade 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that the classes would make a difference and reduce the number of learners in other classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a class that is supposed to cater to only 40 learners, you find out that it has 60 learners. The learners can\u2019t concentrate if they are overcrowded in a class. Even the teachers are unable to control such a big class. 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