2021 Admission problems at Northern Cape Department of Education

A Northern Cape mother is struggling to enroll her grade 3 daughter in a public school because she is currently in a private school. The Northern Cape Department of Education is allegedly refusing to accept former private school children to public schools this year. They say this school hopping. The department says they will only consider it if a child comes from another Province or parents relocated from one area to another for job opportunities. The department also says they have a limited number of available space for Grade R, and therefore a number of parents will have to make use of Early Childhood Development(ECD) Community Based Centres for the 2021 school academic. We spoke to Mabel Tsiolo and Geoffrey van der Merwe- Spokesperson for the department of Education in the Northen Cape...