Sisonke Mlamla sisonke.mlamla@inl.co.za THE Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has been criticised for its lack of plans to address learner enrolment.
This after the department briefed the standing committee on education in the legislature yesterday on, among others, the number of unplaced learners for the 2022 academic year, status of school readiness for the 2022 academic year, the 2021 National Senior Certificate results and the pass rate for the Western Cape.
During his presentation, WCED deputy director-general Archie Lewis said the department was doing all it could to place learners. He said by last week, they had about 4 675 unplaced learners.
Lewis said hot spot areas for unplaced learners include Mitchells Plain, Eerste River, Mfuleni, Nomzamo/Strand, Delft, Dunoon/Milnerton, Vredenburg, Hermanus and Grabouw.
He said the in-time applications were steadily…