BANZA February 2016 Issue | Page 56

This development severely compromises their operations. Honouring the employees payroll is difficult. Also, they are critically understaffed, because the teacherstudent ratio is 1:3. The significant number of prospective students, who have created a waiting list for enrolment up to October 2017 overwhelms them. The magnitude of the prevalence of autism (1%) and the need for specialised support is evident.