Woensdag (18 Januarie) \u2013 toe menige ouer en leerder na die nuwe skooljaar uitgesien het \u2013 het die gemeenskap van Botrivier na die skool opgeruk om hul misnoe\u00eb oor die toestand van die skool en die verwagting van \u2019n nuwe skool uit te spreek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die betoging voor Botrivier Prim\u00eare Skool was vreedsaam en ouers en belanghebbende partye het eers gewag dat alle leerders in die skool is voordat hulle \u2019n memorandum aan die Wes-Kaapse onderwysdepartement (WKOD) se streekbestuurder van streek 3, Tommy Volkwyn, oorhandig het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBotrivier Prim\u00eare Skool bars nie net letterlik uit sy nate nie, maar die infrastruktuur van die skool is besig om agteruit te gaan aangesien die skool op \u2019n vleiland gebou is. Net die skool se stoepe is deur ingenieurs veilig verklaar, maar nie die hele skool nie, en dit lei daartoe dat onderwysers onveilig voel om daar skool te hou,\u201d het dr. Jacobus Syms van Botrivier se skoolre\u00eblingskomitee ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat ouers die meeste bekommer, is die feit dat Botrivier Prim\u00eare Skool net tot graad 8 gaan en dan moet leerders na buurdorpe gependel word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hermanus Times<\/em> het met van die ouers gepraat en hulle is dit eens dat hul kinders se veiligheid in gedrang is as hulle na ander skole moet gaan. \u201cOns kinders gaan met busse en taxi\u2019s na skole in Grabouw en Caledon en as hulle te laat is vir die busse en taxi\u2019s, stap hulle tot by die N2 om van daar af na saamrygeleenthede te soek,\u201d het \u2019n ouer ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2019n Ander ouer voel dit is vir hulle deesdae finansieel onmoontlik om hul kinders met alternatiewe vervoer na skole te stuur. \u201cOns betaal tot R380 vir twee weke vir taxi\u2019s. Ons kan dit nie meer bybring nie, en dan moet ons ander planne maak, en dit skep weer \u2019n gevaar, want nou ry ons kinders in oorvol bakkies skool toe. Die regering subsidieer ons nie om ons kinders in ander skole te plaas nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volgens die memorandum ry twee busse na Swartberg Sekond\u00ear in Caledon, twee na De Rust en twee na Umyezo in Grabouw, vier taxi\u2019s ry na Groenberg in Grabouw en een taxi na die Ho\u00ebrskool Grabouw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMet Knoflokskraal, wat by die dag uitbrei, asook Grabouw en Caledon, wat net meer inwoners kry, kry Botrivier se kinders nie meer plek in di\u00e9 dorpe se skole nie. Dan is daar ook nog ons Xhosa-sprekende inwoners van Botrivier wie se kinders nie die plaaslike skool kan bywoon nie aangesien Botrivier Prim\u00eare skool net Xhosa-sprekende leerders van graad een tot vier kan help. Dus beteken dit dat die Xhosa-sprekende leerders nie in hul moedertaal kan skoolgaan nie,\u201d lui die memorandum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wat die ouers en inwoners nog meer radeloos maak, is die feit dat \u2019n stuk grond op 24 Maart 2015 deur die departement openbare werke aan die WKOD toegeken is om \u2019n skool te bou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDis nou al amper 10 jaar later, en niks is nog gedoen nie,\u201d het Syms ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volkwyn het by die ontvangs van die memorandum sy dank uitgespreek dat die ouers die leerders in ag geneem en eers gewag het voordat hulle met die optog begin het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk is in geen posisie om beloftes te maak oor die punte wat in die memorandum gelug word nie, maar ek is wel in \u2019n posisie om hierdie punte onder die WKOD se aandag te bring. Wat ek vir julle kan s\u00ea, is dat ek reeds drie vergaderings met dr. Syms en van die lede op die re\u00eblingskomitee gehad het en ons is besig om planne te maak om die probleme op te los, maar soos julle weet, vat alles maar tyd en dinge gebeur nie vinnig nie. Ons neem die opvoeding van ons kinders baie ernstig op en ek sal dit my prioriteit maak om die memorandum met die regte mense op te neem,\u201d het Volkwyn belowe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Woensdag (18 Januarie) \u2013 toe menige ouer en leerder na die nuwe skooljaar uitgesien het \u2013 het die gemeenskap van Botrivier na die skool opgeruk om hul misnoe\u00eb oor die toestand van die skool en die verwagting van \u2019n nuwe skool uit te 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