A total of 3 366 Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils still need to be placed in schools, according to Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi
"About 130 000 learners from other provinces and 2 000 learners from other countries have relocated to the Western Cape"
People were told to express their grievances against political parties by approaching Lesufi instead of attacking schools and damaging property.
The Gauteng Department of Education is under immense financial pressure, trying to place 63 456 students before the school year for 2018 starts.
This comes after several disruptions which took place at the school last week.
Representatives of independent schools were on their best behaviour as they insisted that racism would no longer be tolerated in their hallways.
The school has set up a communications team to deal with media interest, including working with Flow Communications, “a reputation management firm”.
Muslim pupils at Northcliff High School in Johannesburg who wanted to wear a headscarf during Ramadan were issued with “concession cards”
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The Kwazulu-Natal education department has set aside R50-million to fund the distribution of pads to schools in the four lowest quintiles.
On Friday, Lesufi said black pupils at the school were victims of racism and that the school’s hair policy was enforced without sensitivity.
Pupils claim that, along with hairstyles, language and associations are tightly regulated at the Tshwane school.
"In a democracy such as ours, the underlying argument is that parents should be free to send their children to a school of their choice."
Thousands of children have been excluded from attending well-resourced schools in Gauteng because of the controversial feeder zone legislation.
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Parents claim Panyaza Lesufi is ignoring some of the findings of two damning auditors’ reports.
The suspension is the latest scandal to hit the school, where millions of rand are alleged to have been blown on personal use.
Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has been asked to ensure that management and auditing systems were in place in all schools in the province.
Gauteng’s Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says those who thought education was only for the privileged will soon be shamed.
Panyaza Lesufi has boldly claimed that every chalkboard in every matric classroom will be replaced with a smart board by July.
Make no mistake: the autonomy of such institutions does not trump the Constitution.
Panyaza Lesufi will replace former education DG Bobby Soobrayan, who has been "redeployed" to "other responsibilities in government".
Equal Education says it won in this settlement with the basic education minister, while the department says it was the one vindicated with the ruling.
Many grade 11 pupils don’t have all their books but teachers have been told not to talk about it.
Research conducted in South Africa shows two thirds of the grade 6 learners surveyed did not know enough about HIV/Aids to protect their health.
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/ 11 November 2011
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union could not guarantee that a strike by 53 000 teachers would not disrupt matric exams.
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/ 9 November 2011
The department of basic education is scrambling to avert a possible strike by 53 000 teachers — in the middle of the matric exams.
Shortages of teachers and textbooks and belated efforts to enrol children were some of the problems plaguing public schools on the first day of term on Wednesday, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said. ”It’s clear that the shortage of classrooms and teachers is dire. One teacher told us that there are between 60 and 70 children to one class.”
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/ 24 December 2007
A national plan is in place to give thousands of matriculants who are not expected to pass this year a second chance, a newspaper reported on Monday. ”Education departments confirmed on Sunday that the plan was being finalised at provincial level,” the report in Beeld said.