DStv Channel 403 Monday, 18 November 2024

Education in crisis | Plans to eradicate pit toilets by 2024

PRETORIA - There are currently 911 schools that still use pit toilets.

KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo remain the provinces where pupils are most subjected to inappropriate sanitation.

READ: NGOs informed of progress in eradication of pit toilets

The Basic Education Department says that by the end of 2024, all such toilets will be eradicated.

The department gave a briefing on Sunday on not only sanitation, but other challenges at schools.

* eNCA’s Heidi Giokos reports.

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