Pressure from white parents led to racial segregation at a Curro school north of Pretoria, Gauteng education authorities revealed on Thursday.
Education spokesperson Phumla Sekhonyane said claims to this effect by other parents proved to be true after a thorough investigation conducted by Harris Nupen Molebatse Attorneys.
“This was confirmed by Curro management and they admitted this was as a result of pressure from certain white parents,” Sekhonyane told reporters in Johannesburg.
Allegations of racial segregation at the Curro Foundation school in Roodeplaat surfaced in the beginning of the year. It was alleged that white and black pupils were put into separate classrooms.
This prompted a formal investigation by the provincial department of education.
Sekhonyane said the school had admitted that its practice of segregation was wrong.
“They acted quickly to reallocate pupils of minority racial groups throughout the three English classes in Grade R. In so doing, they have acted swiftly and they have also taken the steps of apologising, both to parents and publicly in the media,” she said.
Sekhonyane said the fact that the school apologised for what had taken place and corrected the problem, appeared to be an acceptance that what transpired was discriminatory and problematic.
“The department acknowledges that diversity training has taken place at the school, however, we recommend that this training be conducted on an annual basis for all school management and educators at the school,” she said.
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