Ngemva kokuhlala emakhaya phose umnyaka wonke abafundi bengayi esikolo inengi labo livuke ngovivi belubhekise ezikolo ngoMvulo.
Kodwa abazali bakhala ngokuthi izikolo azihlanzekanga lanxa uhulumende yena ubebika ukuba wenze wonke amalungiselelo okuthi zilungele ukuthi abantwana baqalise izifundo.
Abafundi abanengi bebebonakala belenjabulo ngokubuyela esikolo lobanje abanye bebebuyiselwa emakhaya ngoba bengahlawulanga imfanelo zesikolo njalo kubhadalwa ngemali yebulenjini yemabhanga hatshi iEcocash lemali mathupha.
UMnu. Thomas Nyamuda ongumzali ohlala koBulawayo upha umbono wakhe ngokuvulwa kwezikolo.
“Siyajabula ukuba izikolo zivuliwe abantwana bebesebehleli emakhaya isikhathi eside. Sikhangelele ukuthi lonyka uNkulunkulu asikhokhelele abantwana abafunde, kumnyaka odlule bekunzima abafundanga babhla lemihloliso njalo bayadlulela kuzifundo bengafundanga.”
UNkosikazi Nomalanga Dube ongumzali njalo wakoBulawayo uchasisa ngobunzima abhekane labo.
“Sibuyile lamhlanje esikolo Labantwana kodwa bathi abathathi icash le ecocash bafuna iswipe manje thina abanye asila bathi senzenjani.”
UNkosikazi Lilian Rwafa wasemzini weNkulumane ngomunye wabazali abehluleke ukubhadalela indingeko zesikolo.
“Kuthiwa sibuyele Labantwana ezindlini kodwa umthetho awutsho njalo nguECD B kuthiwa $2,5 uma ungabhadalanga yi$3,000. Akukho right abantwana bafunda lapha sebesibiselisa abantwana ezindlini. Khathesi bathi sizosika utshani thina abazali imali zakhona zisebenzani.”
UMngcinisihlalo wekhomidi yedale lephalamende ebona ngezemfundo, uNkosikazi Priscilla Misihairambwi Mushonga uthi yikwephula umthetho okwenziwe yizikolo ezibuyisele abantwana ngekhaya namuhla.
“Abakwenzayo akukho emthethweni angizwisisi ukuthi kungabalesikolo esithi abafunu ecocash bafuna iswipe kutsho ukuthi abafuni abantwana babuye esikolo izinto engizizwayo ukuthi umntwana ongagqokanga iuniform obhadala njani angikuzwisisi. Abaphathi abakwenzayo akukho emthethweni. Uma abazali bebhekana lobunzima obunje abaye kumaDistrict ezemfundo bayemangala njalo abantu bengavumi ukubanjwa njalo.”
Inengi labafundi abakhulum leStudio 7 bachaze ukuba bafundile njalo bayathokoza kakhulu ngokuvulwa kwezikolo. Abazali abanengi bathi bakhathazekile ngokuvulwa kwezikolo uhulumende engalungiselelanga okweneleyo.
Esikolo seMasuku Primary School koBulawayo lamhlanje iStudio 7 ifice abafundi balayinile phandle bethelwa umuthi wokuhlanza izandla, isanitizing, behlolwa lokutshisa komzimba lobanje abanye abafundi bebengela mamask njalo abazali, abafundi lababalisi bebesondelelene duzane laduzane bengananzi ukuvulelana izikhala, osocial distancing njalo isikhathi sokuqala izifundo abasibambanga ngelanga lakuqala.
