Basic Education Ministry spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says the ministry only put the most basic draft on how schools should look  deliberately. He says this is to give the country the space to communicate how they want their schools to look and not for the department to be seen as prescribing the final product.
He says the final draft will take into consideration all views.
“What we are saying is that ‘South Africans, this is your laager, this is your state, express your views’. On the basis of the views that have been expressed by South Africans we will be in a position to consolidate and present a document that we believe will be acceptable for all South Africans, but to accuse the state of being minimum with information is unfair and unfortunate. Anyone who is contributing their views, their views will be taken into consideration.”
A number of learners have decried the Minister of Basic Education’s recent draft on school infrastructure. The learners, brought together by non-governmental organisation Equal Education, have called the draft shoddy.

Most of the learners attending have expressed the same reservations, saying the minister was not specific on what a typical South African school should look like

Equal Education is holding public hearings on the draft. Most of the  learners attending have expressed the same reservations, saying the  minister was not specific on what a typical South African school should  look like.
Pretty Mvelase is one such learner, “55 in one class, we don’t have textbooks, 6 kids have to share one textbook and each one wants to take the book home. Last year, they didn’t deliver maths  textbook. We had to share textbooks from other classes now. I am history student. We don’t have textbooks.”