FOR thousands of poor children in the Eastern Cape, the road to education is long and, at times, dangerous. The daily commute to school for many involves crossing hills, valleys […]
Qualify to be included in department’s scheme but left high and dry THE Eastern Cape government has allocated R462-million to ferry 67 801 pupils this financial year. However, an additional […]
A total of 114 000 learners in the Eastern Cape need scholar transport but only 67 801 children are benefitting from the programme. This means that 46 199 scholars are […]
THE issues raised on the front page article of the Daily Dispatch, entitled, “Transport fiasco hits pupils” is highly concerning for this province. The MEC for transport Weziwe Tikana has […]
Pupils who rely on the state for scholar transport cannot be held hostage by tender-hungry consortiums. Funds for scholar transport should be used to get our children to school and […]
Clear timeframes must be spelled out by the Department of Transport for providing scholar transport in the Eastern Cape. We cannot allow another school year to be disrupted where learners […]