Gauteng education in court over placements as schools open
The first day of school is "progressing" well – at least for the 87% of Gauteng learners already in the system — Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said as schools opened on Wednesday. The other 13% "are joining our system for the first time"‚ he told Radio 702, referring to 40,000 Grade 1 and 8 learners who still need to be placed. Lesufi said placement was being complicated by schools in the Woodmead‚ Midrand‚ Sandton and Fourways corridors being "chock-a-block". One school‚ which he named as Montana‚ had on Tuesday night interdicted the department from forcing it to accept more pupils. He said he would be in court on Wednesday morning to fight the interdict‚ and hinted that the issue related to the demographics in the area having "changed drastically" and a demand for "single medium" education. The MEC lauded the online registration system that the department launched last year for reducing the number of unplaced pupils on the first day of school compared with previous years. L...
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