SAHRC worried about pupils not being placed at schools
12 January 2017
Cape Town - Reports of a high number of children who have not yet been placed in schools in the Western Cape and Gauteng is concerning, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Thursday.
"Children have a constitutional right to basic education," said Advocate André Gaum, a human rights commissioner overseeing the portfolio.
The commission called for urgent measures to be put in place after reports of severe school shortages and thousands of pupils not being accommodated.
More than 18 000 pupils between Grades 1 and 12 had not yet been placed in Western Cape schools, provincial education MEC Debbie Schafer said on Wednesday.