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PARENTS TAKE OVER SCHOOLS, WANT HEAD TEACHERS OUT

07/05/2019 03:34:00 BY SITHEMBILE HLATSHWAYO AND MELISA MSWELI

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ENHLANGANISWENI – It was yet another episode of parents ganging up against head teachers in two schools, as they decided to take over the schools’ operations.

Parents at Enhlanganisweni High locked out pupils from entering the school premises in a bid to have an audience with Head teacher Nomthantazo Tembe.
Yesterday was suppose to be the official start of the second term school calendar at the school, but parents made sure that pupils did not set foot within the premises until they got rid of the head teacher, whom they were accusing of a litany of things, some of which will not be printed because they have not been proven.

Accusing

Parents said they were sick and tired, and wanted the head teacher out of the school, further accusing the Ministry of Education and Training of failing to assist them.

The fed-up parents said they had been trying hard to request a meeting with the head teacher who had declined to meet with them in three attempts.
They said their reason for locking the gate, was to send a loud message to the Ministry of Education and Training to pay attention to their plea.

As early as 7am, the parents were already blocking the school gate with the hope that they would prevent the head teacher from entering the premises. However, as if the head teacher had an informer, she beat them at their own game by arriving early at the school yesterday.

The parents were accusing the head teacher and the School Committee vice chairperson Phindile Bhembe, of allegedly colluding in some of the issues that were making the school ungovernable.
In an interview with the School Committee Chairman Meshack Makhubu, he reiterated the parents’ sentiments.

Makhubu said the initial plan was to lock the gate until the ministry granted them their wish to conduct an audit at the school. He said following a meeting on April 28, they resolved that they would not allow pupils to enter when schools opened for the second term. According to Makhubu, parents accused the committee of being in bed with the head teacher which was why they had to clarify issues. “They questioned how the school was operating without holding meetings and budgets presented to them,” he said.