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17 April 2018 - 08:50
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<p>Gauteng parents can choose which school they want
their children to go to without being forced to select certain schools
based on their demographics and language.</p>
<p>This is according to Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi‚ as his
department processes online applications by parents of Grade 1 and 8
pupils to be admitted to government schools in the province next year.</p>
<p>Lesufi said even though the 5km radius determining where parents can
apply for school was enforceable‚ the department was consulting on a
feeder zone policy.</p>
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<p>This means if a school near to your home is full you can be referred to another even if it is outside the 5km radius.</p>
<p>Lesufi said parents were allowed to apply at five different schools
and at any school regardless of the school's language policy.</p>
<p>The use of language in schools admission became a contentious issue
earlier this year‚ with the department taking Hoerskool Overvaal‚ an
Afrikaans medium school‚ to court for refusing to admit 50 pupils to be
taught in English.</p>
<p>"If the numbers are convincing we will go back to the school to tell them to change their language‚" Lesufi said.</p>
<p>- SowetanLIVE</p>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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