Western cape education mec donald grant
Calm restored to George following volatile protests
Police say they've managed to calm the situation down and no incidents have been reported.
School taxi drivers without driver’s licenses were caught transporting children.
A small percentage of the more than one million school-going children have not been placed.
The first school term concluded on Friday with learners returning to class in a little more than week.
Provincial education MEC Donald Grant says most of the budget will go towards salaries.
Education MEC Donald Grant released the figures on Thursday.
Today is the last day pupils from the 2013 matric class have to register for their supplementary exams.
More than 6,000 WC matrics who qualify to write their supplementary exams have until Friday to register.
At least 38 Western Cape schools were vandalised over the festive season.
The education department says 99 percent of WC pupils are registered for the 2014 academic year.
The matter is expected to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal within the next month.
The provincial education department wants to focus on the quality of education from grade one.