121,778: that’s how many unplaced pupils there are in Gauteng for 2022

Meanwhile, some schools are too afraid of holiday break-ins to buy stationery and others don’t have money for books

01 December 2021 - 13:18

A briefing to parliament by the education department raised some red flags on Tuesday, including more than 120,000 grade 1 and 8 Gauteng pupils not being placed in schools and more than 20 institutions in the province not ordering stationery for fear of burglaries during the holidays...

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