ADMISSION CRISIS: ‘Children lost five months of learning’: Western Cape parents demand urgent learner placement (opens original article in a new tab)

Parents in Western Cape marched demanding urgent school placements for children who have been out of school for months, citing discriminatory admission practices and lost learning time.

• Parents and activists marched in Cape Town demanding urgent school placements for unplaced learners
• Equal Education highlighted discriminatory admission practices affecting black communities
• The Western Cape Education MEC denied a placement crisis, citing 55 unplaced learners among thousands