As parents scramble to find placements for their children just two days before schools reopen, minister of basic education Siviwe Gwarube said the department is constitutionally obliged to ensure that pupils are placed in schools.
This comes as 23,000 learners nationwide still dont have space. There are about 4,800 unplaced pupils in Gauteng, 9,000 in Mpumalanga, and 7,000 in the Western Cape, while Limpopo sits at 1,300 learners who are yet to get schools.
Gwarube said the problem of a lack of placements is not due to poor preparation by provincial departments.
