The placement of pupils by the Department of Education has created new crises, leaving parents and pupils furious. Cases have been reported from certain schools in the Central Transvaal region that are hopelessly overcrowded, which have apparently been criticized for evading the truth many pupils have not even be placed yet. What is alarming, however,..
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Controversial Panyaza Lesufi’s online registration system plunges schools across SA into total chaos
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In SA where there is a shortage of schools, it has become a norm to torch the few that is left – North West school torched during barbaric incident
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North West education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela has condemned the torching of a block of classrooms at Leruntse Lesedi Secondary School in Delareyville. The fire occurred on Friday October 11. “It is alleged that in the early hours of Friday, the school principal received a report that the school was on fire,” said department spokesperson Elias..
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New school buildings may never come to black schools – too few trained black teachers to successfully teach learners – Black learners will be accommodated at other state institutions such as Afrikaans schools
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An educator told Die Vryburger that the possibility of enough schools and classrooms for South Africa’s learners will never come. He points out that the black schools are overcrowded because there are not enough schools to accommodate them, but new schools will not address the big problem. He says the biggest obstacle is the fact..
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