Gauteng schools face 2027 crunch: 405,000 spaces, but demand outstrips capacity
The greater task is to build a public education system in which the school closest to every child is safe, properly resourced, adequately funded, sufficiently capacitated, technologically enabled and capable of delivering quality education.
Gauteng’s public education system is under unprecedented strain, with 805,688 applications for Grades 1 and 8 received for the 2027 academic year – a tidal wave of demand that MEC Lebogang Maile said must force a rethink of learner placement, school capacity and infrastructure delivery.“Our responsibility is to every child who requires a place in a Gauteng public school,” Maile said.
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