A pupil died after falling from a balcony at Ferndale High School in Randburg on Tuesday.
Gauteng education spokesperson Steve Mabona said the 16-year-old boy may have had a seizure related to epilepsy. He was a grade 10 pupil at the school.
“Unfortunately the boy fell ... to the ground floor. Emergency services were called and the boy was attended to on the scene and later taken to a local hospital. Unfortunately he did not make it,” said Mabona.
The boy seemingly fell from the third floor.
Mabona said the department's psycho-social team had been sent to the school to offer counselling. "They have been at the school since the incident," Mabona said.
Netcare 911 said at 9.34am paramedics responded to reports about a fall at the school.