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<p>PRETORIA - The High Court has set aside the <a href="http://ewn.co.za/2018/01/13/gde-adamant-that-hoerskool-overvaal-has-space-for-more-pupils">Gauteng Education Department’s instruction to Höerskool Overvaal</a>, forcing it to admit 55 English speaking pupils.</p><p>Judge
Bill Prinsloo has found that the department did not have the authority
to unilaterally override the school’s language policy and that it failed
to assess the school’s capacity to accommodate the pupils.</p><p>The
school governing body argued that it did not have the capacity to
accommodate the children, while the department claimed the school was
using language as a barrier to entry.</p><p>Prinsloo says the weight of
the evidence demonstrates that Höerskool Overvaal does not have the
capacity to admit the 55 English speaking pupils and that the education
department did not have regard for the capacity of the school compared
to neighbouring schools.</p><p>He says had the department made any
effort, they would have discovered an abundance of capacity at two
neighbouring English schools.</p><p>The judge also referred to
regulations which state that it is for a school governing body to
determine admission and language policy.</p>
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