ANC 'concerned' over KZN school feeding debacle
The ANC says it is concerned by the crisis in the school nutrition programme in KwaZulu-Natal.
This after the Department of Education in the province failed to provide meals to pupils in some schools due to 'glitches' with service providers.
In a statement, the party says the National Department of Basic Education is investigating the matter.
"The intervention will be multi-pronged. It will investigate the circumstances that led to the discontinuance of the decentralised procurement method involving a multiplicity of service providers, and preference of the central procurement method managed by a consortium that was recently appointed.
"The ANC wants blockages related to the school nutrition programme addressed with outmost urgency and for those responsible for wrongdoing to be held accountable."
The party says national government has already sent a team to support the KZN government in ensuring that food reaches all schools.
"The ANC calls on the Department of Monitoring and Evaluation to ensure that the Department of Basic Education together with the Education Department in KwaZulu-Natal work tirelessly to restore feeding in all schools in the province," the statement read.
"For the ANC a major and pressing priority is to ensure that learners are not compromised any further."
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