Lobby group asks court to order KZN departments to transport pupils in Nquthu
Lobby group Equal Education (EE) has launched court action against the KwaZulu-Natal departments of education and transport, in a bid to force them to provide scholar transport for 12 schools in the Nquthu area. Provincial education departments are responsible for the nondiscriminatory selection of students to benefit from the subsidised learner transport service. The court action comes as the two KwaZulu-Natal departments declined to provide scholar transport to seven of the 12 schools identified by Equal Education in Nquthu, claiming a shortage of funds. Scholar transport is a topical issue in all provinces, but KwaZulu-Natal has the highest proportion of students who walk to school. The province underspent its R186m budget by more than 60% in the third quarter of 2016. The schools include Hlubi High, Magogo Primary, Manzolwande Primary, Ngwane High, Hlalele Primary, Nkunyana Primary and Ukuphumula Secondary school. The departments also claimed that the remaining five schools were...
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