Parents and guardians of unplaced learners stood in a snaking queue outside the Gauteng Department of Education’s office in Marshalltown, Johannesburg on Wednesday. They are hoping to find space in schools for their children. State schools in inland provinces reopened on Wednesday.
One parent who did not want to be named said she applied online for her child in October last year but her child was not placed in a school. The unemployed mother of two said she would not leave the office until she was sure that her child was placed in a school because she cannot afford to keep travelling to the district offices from Soweto.
Vanessa Mdluli, who had applied online for her child, said she went to one of the district operation centres on Monday but there was no one there to assist her. Her child was placed in a school where the medium of instruction is in a language she doesn’t understand. “I went to the school and they told me that she won’t cope. Now we have to look for space at another school,” she said. Returning to the offices for the second time this week, she said the process has been “exhausting and draining”.
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