Gauteng schools a magnet for 'outside' pupils
14 January 2018 - 00:04
Gauteng schools are bursting at the seams as hordes of pupils coming from outside the province desperately seek admission.
More than 100,000 pupils from other provinces and almost 23,000 from other countries were admitted to Gauteng schools last year.
That was a huge jump from previous years. In 2016, 77,702 pupils migrated from other provinces and 12,344 from other countries.
This year, the province also has the highest number of pupils who have not been placed. With three days to go before the start of the school year, 31,056 pupils in the province still do not have a school to attend. Of these, 17,000 applied for admission between May and June, while the remainder applied in November...
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