TOSCA PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNT DOWN.

MEC of Education in North West has condemned the torching of classrooms at Tosca Primary School.

The incident took place on Friday 19 April 2024 after a group of people allegedly entered the school premises and burnt down seven classrooms, school furniture, files and textbooks.

On Tuesday 16 April the Department of Labour closed a block of three classrooms after alleging that the classrooms’ condition was not in good standard for teaching and learning,the community later went and closed down the entire school, and a few days later the classrooms were torched.

Education MEC Viola Motsumi is extremely disturbed by the incident and has since condemned the torching of classrooms.

“This is extremely sad and disturbing. It is disturbing that there are still communities in this province who vent their anger by burning school properties. A school is a centre of knowledge for the community. Really, how do we expect learners to acquire information when we burn schools?

Already learners have lost five days of learning and teaching. We have lost all the records of learners due to this horrible incident. As a department we condemn this incident in the strongest terms and call for the immediate arrest of all those behind this fire,” said Motsumi.
A team of counsellors from the department has been put on standby to counsel learners and teachers as soon as teaching and learning resumes