The Gauteng department of education has warned that the province needs at least 200 new schools to deal with growing overcrowding, as pupil numbers continue to rise.
Speaking during a briefing on Tuesday, Gauteng education MEC Lebogang Maile said the state system is under pressure from migration into the province.
Pupil numbers have more than doubled over the past three decades, rising from around 1.4-million in 1995 to more than 2.8-million in 2026. The department says this growth continues at a rate of about 50,000 pupils each year.
