According to eNCA the department's preliminary report has cleared the school of racism.
The department said the severe budget cuts requested by National Treasury would further increase the challenges pupils in the province face.
The president last month announced pupils across the country, excluding grade seven and matric pupils, would go on a four-week break due to fears over COVID-19 outbreaks.
Grade 12's returned to class on Monday they now have to knuckle down for their finals amid a disrupted school calendar.
A classroom and library at Marconi Beam Primary in Milnerton were set alight on Monday night. And the school hall at Sinenjongo High School in Joe Slovo was torched the following evening.
The three grades joined grade 7s and matrics, while remaining grades will be phased in over the next few weeks.
Grade 7s and matrics returned to school at the start of the month while other grades will be phased in July and August.
Teachers and other staff returned to work for the first time on Monday since schools closed a week before the national lockdown was implemented in late March.
Parent have asked where they should send their children as English is not a medium of instruction at Klapmuts Primary.
Provincial spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said an additional 109 mobile classrooms were placed in areas where there was a high demand.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said it’s understood the rape happened at a party over the weekend. Both learners are 17.
Black and coloured teenagers from a Blue Downs school said they were told to plait their hair and tie up their afros.
Earlier this week, a fight broke out at the school between two grade 10 girls.
The Western Cape Education Department confirmed that a grade 8 learner was attacked by a grade 9 pupil at Cloetesville High School.
It's understood some parents and learners were upset by statements he made during a talk at De Kuilen High School on Friday and complained.
The department's Safe Schools directorate has arranged increased security at some of the schools they have identified as high risk.
Security lights, sirens, cameras and even the fire hose are all caged up at Bergville Primary School after thieves struck during the holidays.
Since 15 February, the online admissions system has processed more than 192,000 applications. The deadline is by close of business on Friday.
