Gauteng education department, school in court over additional placements
9 January 2018
Johannesburg – Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging will head to the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday to try and overturn a Gauteng education department decision forcing the school to accept an additional 55 pupils.
Hoërskool Overvaal's governing body brought the urgent application after the Gauteng education department took an administrative decision to place the pupils in the school, above the 142 pupils already accepted by the institution.
The 55 pupils all applied to Hoërskool Overvaal.
The school maintains that it has reached its capacity while the department said the pupils were denied places based on their language preference.