Where did we go wrong?

A staggering 7 450 children in the Western Cape alone remained at home on the first day of the current academic year due to “inadequate” space at local schools.

- THULANI MAGAZI Igumbi lomhleli /Editor’s Corner

This trend is likely to prevail or worsen in the coming years as more people relocate to Cape Town and the ever-increasing population.

This puts a lot of strain on children and their families. We might not all have the means to put our children at some of the best schools in the land or universities, but no parent wants a child to stay at home. When children are sent to school a seed of a better future is planted. In some instances, families who live in abject poverty send their kids to school hoping that one day they will lift them out of their misery. A child that does not attend school simply loses hope and has less prospects of success in the future, which is why every parent sends a child to school.