A long line of parents and learners formed outside the Western Cape Education District WCED office a day after schools reopened, as families searched for school placements for their children, reports Cape town Etc .
Parents said their children, from Grade 1 to high school, missed the first day of term while they waited for the department to act.
According to Cape Times , one mother, Sasha Juter from Portlands, said her 13-year-old stayed home after all preferred schools rejected the application.
