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Gauteng has intensified its crackdown on illegally operating independent schools, with 32 schools served with closure letters since the beginning of the year and two school directors arrested.
Gauteng has 405,627 available school places for the 2027 academic year, but the province says a mismatch between where capacity exists and where families want their children to attend is fuelling overcrowding at popular schools.
Learners from Pretoria-Tuine Ingenieurskool van Spesialisasie demonstrated their practical technical and problem-solving skills during the school's official launch as an Engineering School of Specialisation.
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has rejected claims that money meant for schools was spent on office accommodation, saying the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) does not procure or lease office space.
The Gauteng Department of Education recorded 22,020 child abuse, learner protection and related cases across its reporting, counselling and investigation systems between 2023 and 2026.
The Gauteng Department of Education has deployed trauma support teams to Michael Zulu Primary School after an educator was shot dead while walking alongside a group of learners less than a kilometre from the Tsakane school.
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has confirmed that public schools can now resume printing and issuing learner report cards after the South African School Administration and Management System (SA-SAMS) was fully restored following a technical outage.
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile will push for criminal action against officials implicated in school financial mismanagement, saying dismissals are not enough where public money has been stolen.
Thousands of Gauteng learners could again face school placement challenges in 2027 as the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has yet to announce when Grade 1 and Grade 8 admissions will open, despite the academic year already being well underway.
