Hundreds of parents braced the scorching sun with some missing work to queue at different education department offices to get schools for their children.
Hundreds of parents braved the scorching sun, with some missing work, to queue at different education department offices to get schools for their children. File photo.Parents of children who have not been placed at schools in Gauteng say they have no money for private schooling and are desperate for the education department to ensure their children are enrolled.
Wednesday was an exciting day for thousands of pupils on their first day of school. However, those left sitting at home did not know what the future held for them. Private school Curro Academy in Aurora charges R6,880 a month for grade 1 and R9,550 for grade 8. Curro Academy in Pretoria charges R3,170 a month for grade 1 and R3,730 for grade 8. Another private school, Kingsmead College, charges R99,000 annually for grade 0-2 and R152,130 for grade 8-9.
Mbatha said she believed public schools also provided quality education, adding, “my children, when they were in public schools, did well and when I changed them things changed. I can say there are public schools that are better than some private schools.”Vuyokazi Mdletye, a parent of a grade 8 child, travelled from Greenstone Hill in the east of Johannesburg to the department’s Marshalltown office to get help after being “sent from pillar to post” for days.
Mdletye said she was planning to move her daughter to her mother’s home in Alexandra as there was space available in nearby schools.
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