Mogo teachers reject hostels
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Now the Mogoditshane Senior Secondary School teachers have been provided a place to sleep, but they will not accept it. They say the 'flats' that the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD has chosen for them as temporary lodging are dilapidated and not suitable for adults, which has resulted in the school officials and MoESD looking for different accommodation.
The 'flats' are really hostels that were previously used by AAT brigade students. The ministry, has said through the school head, that the teachers could use the hostels while the ministry finds them proper accommodation but the teachers who went to inspect the flats came back angry.
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