Nigel community praises Gauteng Education Dept's decision to build new school in Alrapark

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Jabulile Mbatha

1 September 2025 | 14:40

Learners in the area have had to grapple with attending classes in dilapidated structures since 2013.

Nigel community praises Gauteng Education Dept's decision to build new school in Alrapark

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane was at the at Alrapark Primary School in Nigel, Ekurhuleni on 1 September 2025 where he met with the infrastructure crisis committee, school governing body, school staff and GDE officials to determine intervention around the school’s infrastructure. Picture: @EducationGP1/X

JOHANNESBURG - A decision by the Gauteng Education Department to build a new school and replace in Alrapark has been praised by the Nigel community.

Learners in the area have had to grapple with attending classes in dilapidated structures since 2013.

They will return to school in phases from the end of this week, and teaching will be conducted in mobile classrooms while the new school is being built.

READ: Alrapark Primary School learners expected to return to class in phases from the end of the week

A parent from Alrapark Primary, Annalese Thompson, said while they were pleased with the MEC’s commitment, they would monitor that it's honoured.

"I am happy for that because our first cry was that they need to fix the small things before they think about the big things, so that our children can be healthy, so that our children can be taken for proper schooling, because as a parent, you know the condition that the child is in and you don't feel at ease because anything can happen."

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