WCED concerned about school safety during holidays

Athenkosi Mvane
22 June 2013

The Western Cape Education Department on Friday said school safety during the school holidays will be an important concern for the WCED as it has been in the past. 

Departmental Spokesperson Paddy Attwell said after the June/July 2012 holiday period, 31 schools reported cases of burglary and vandalism to the WCED with only one reported case classified as major. 

Attwell has said they will be providing an increased security at more than 400 schools.

“Schools will receive either 24 hour security or will benefit from cluster patrols where patrols will rotate from selected schools.

“We also have also reminded schools to test alarm systems to ensure that they are in working order before the holidays” Attwell added.

Attwell also said that the communities are asked to report any suspicious behaviour in and around schools to the police.