City schools packed – despite rocketing fees Hundreds turned away while township enrolments dip

EAST London schools are bursting at the seams and hundreds of children are being turned away as township and rural families look to the city for their kids education. Even rocketing school fees have done little to stem the migration, which has seen enrolments in township schools steadily dipping. Behind the trend is the common perception that former Model C schools are better equipped with facilities and teachers than those in poorer communities. The pattern is beginning to take its toll on the...