The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports and Arts, has called on the South African Police Service to leave no stone unturned in their search for the perpetrators involved in the burning of classrooms at Eastern Cape schools.<\/P>
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According to media reports, five classrooms at Butterworth\u2019s Mgomazi Junior Secondary School were destroyed.<\/P>
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At Alice\u2019s Jabavu High School, classrooms for Grade 12 Maths and Physics learners, including a school library, science and maths laboratory bathrooms, school\u2019s storeroom and its tuck-shop, were also burnt to ashes.<\/P>
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While the reason for the fire at Mgomazi Junior Secondary School is not yet known, it is reported that homeless people living near Jabavu High School decided to light a fire inside the school premises. The fire allegedly started in one classroom and spread across several classrooms<\/P>
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Committee Chairperson, Elleck Nchabeleng, said the news of the destroyed classrooms along with the resources inside was saddening and regrettable.<\/P>
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\u201cThe loss of that valuable infrastructure and the resources that were there are regrettable and unacceptable especially at a time when there is a call for improvement of the schools in the historically disadvantaged communities,\u201d Nchabeleng said.<\/P>
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Nchabeleng called on school governing bodies and the communities at large to look after schools.<\/P>
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\u201cSchools are the symbols of a country\u2019s future, seeing a destroyed school is heart breaking and it is like seeing a burnt future of the country,\u201d the chairperson said.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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