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\n The school governing body (SGB) of Zwelethemba High School in Worcester has recently expressed disapproval of the school\u2019s classification as a \u201ccollaboration school\u201d as well as allegations of unfair labour practices against its acting principal, Salome October.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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\n According to a recent article in a daily newspaper, \u201ccollaboration schools are public schools where organisations collaborate with the education department to provide additional skills and resources.\u201d<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201c<\/a>In the case of Zwelethemba High School the SGB decided not to renew the service-level agreement with the [partner],\u201d said Bronagh Hammond, spokesperson of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school felt it would be better served by another operator,\u201d she said. \u201cIt had approached alternative operators which could not commit their services to the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WCED confirmed Zwelethemba High School will no longer be a collaboration school after 30 September. <\/p>\n

According to the Cape Argus<\/i> article the Equal Education movement and South African Democratic Teacher\u2019s Union (Sadtu) \u201clodged a court challenge against the WCED collaboration schools programme\u201d in November 2022.<\/p>\n

Zwelethemba High School\u2019s SGB recently met with the ANC\u2019s Western Cape education spokesperson Khalid Sayed to air its grievances and also held a picket in mid-June while \u201chanding over a memorandum to the Cape Winelands District WCED on the issue,\u201d the Cape Argus<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n

According to Hammond the WCED has also received complaints that the school still pays teachers who no longer teaches at the school a salary, with October confirming that \u201cthis is allegedly not happening\u201d. <\/p>\n

Currently an investigation into the matter is underway which will confirm whether the allegations is true or not.<\/p>\n

Hammond explained that the WCED cannot confirm a date of completion of the investigation.<\/p>\n

Benefits of collaboration schools<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collaboration school programme is designed to create an environment with an improved educational experience,\u201d said Hammond in an email to the Standard<\/span>.<\/p>\n

She said a specific partner will partner with a school to provide additional support to the school\u2019s principal and teachers through \u201ctraining and development programmes\u201d, which improves the quality of teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditional resources are made available to the school via donor funding, such as career guidance counsellors and mentors, partnerships with non-governmental organisations promoting the mental health and well-being of learners, resources for remedial education, teacher training, or support for the school\u2019s financial management,\u201d Hammond explained.<\/p>\n

\n Standard<\/span> reached out to Zwelethemba High School\u2019s SGB on several occasions, but had not received any comment by the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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