WESTERN Cape Finance MEC Deirdre Baartman admits that overcrowded classrooms have become a concern, following teacher cuts.
The Western Cape government has been under fire after it announced that it would not renew the contracts of 2 407 teachers by the end of last year.
It meant that class sizes have grown from an average ratio of one teacher to 34.2 learners to one to 36.7.
In her budget speech on Thursday, Baartman announced R500 million had been allocated to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) over three years.
However, their primary concern would be to add more schools, for which R2.298 billion has been budgeted for the same time period.
Baartman said: “Our schools are witnessing an unprecedented increase in learner enrolment, which has resulted in overcrowded classrooms…