The provincial education department said that it was ready for the first day of the 2023 academic year, with almost 100% of new grade ones and eight students having been placed at schools and over 130,000 grade ones will be breaking in their first pair of school shoes from Wednesday.
"We have an inverter now so that we can have wi-fi and continue with the communication aspect but other than that it's a problem. There so much that needed to be done today, so load shedding is a major, major aspect, not just no lights, no internet in the classrooms." Meanwhile, some grade one parents at Craighall Park said that the only complication they faced as the first day kicked off was getting their kids ready in the dark this morning.
Can they start by admitting children to classes?