KZN principals turn to loans to keep schools running: reports
Claims that at least a thousand of the province's rural schools owe money to loan sharks are being investigate by KZN education officials.
According to a union, the principals have been forced take personal loans to keep their schools up and running.
SADTU says while some schools haven't received the full amount of annual funds paid by the department - since the beginning of the year, others haven't been given anything at all.
The department's Muzi Mahlambi says they don't understand how the principals are using school money to reimburse themselves for the debt - when school funds aren't paid into their personal bank accounts in the first place.
"There's no principal who is allowed by law to use his money and then reimburse himself. We're interested as to what the cheque of reimbursement is written and who is the cheque from the school coffers is paying back. We're requesting principals not to fall into that trap," he says.
SADTU says some schools who're supposed to receive just over R1200 per pupil - are being given three quarters of the amount.