The Minister of Education in the Western Cape, David Maynier announced that all placements for the 2023 school year are complete with all schools in the Western Cape reaching capacity for the new school year.
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With schools at capacity for the new school year, parents may struggle to find a place for their children if they plan to apply on arrival in January next year.
111 616, or 99%, of Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners for the 2023 school year have been placed, with only 680 placements left for both Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners. An increase of 50 160 more placements than last year.
Minister Maynier said, “We have made tremendous progress in placing learners for the 2023 school year in the Western Cape. Our officials and schools have done a phenomenal job under extreme pressure to make sure that they find a place for every child. We are leaving no stone unturned in our effort to place every learner, and we will continue to work to finalise placement for all remaining learners.”
A new Junior High School campus is being constructed at the Rosendaal High School in Delft as part of the School Infrastructure Delivery Programme which aims to deliver 842 new classrooms with at least 26 000 places for the 2023 school year.
Minister Maynier said, “We have already completed 347 classrooms, with the remaining classrooms underway. I thank all the officials, government partners, contractors and school staff who are working tirelessly to get the job done.
“The Rosendaal Junior High School campus is being constructed through our Rapid School Build Programme, which seeks to bring together various stakeholders with the aim of developing and building seven schools within six months to accommodate up to 3 200 learners.
“Premier Alan Winde echoed my sentiments at the site visit, saying: “The speed and quality of the work is inspiring. Thank you to the contractors, their teams and colleagues in the Department who are working through the builders’ holidays to meet the demands of this project, so that our learners have quality learning spaces in the 2023 school year. And thanks to the residents of Delft for supporting this build and the construction noise going into the night.”
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