Protea School desperately needed extra classrooms to accommodate the learners with conduct disorder.
Placement demand at Protea Primary School, situated on the grounds of Protea Child and Youth Care Centre – a place of safety – has long outstripped the educational institution’s infrastructural
capabilities. This has led to combined classes, the simultaneous teaching of two different language groups by two teachers in a single classroom, the use of a Wendy structure and dilapidated prefabs as classrooms, and the need to convert a garage and kitchen into temporary classrooms.