A desperate mother is pleased that her two children were finally accepted at Diversity High School.

She wanted to re-integrate them into the schooling system after they dropped out of school last year in Grade Eight and Grade Nine, respectively.

The siblings were at The Hill High School when they lost their father. They subsequently couldn’t continue with their schooling.

Determined to pick up the pieces and soldier on, their mother tried to register the two at The Hill High School; however, the school said there was no space for them.

As she lives in South Hills, she went to the department’s district to get another school. They gave her the letters of placement at Diversity High School, which is a few metres away from where she lives.

At first, there was uncertainty at the school about whether to accept them. She then contacted the Comaro Chronicle on February 4, which in turn contacted the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) to intervene.

GDE spokesperson, Steve Mabona, said, “Thank you for bringing the matter to our attention. Consequently, we intervened, and the learners will be admitted to Diversity High School.”

He said the department contacted the mother on February 9 for the children to report to school on February 10.”
The mother commented on this experience: “I received a positive response from the GDE with the assistance of Lawrence Rekhoto.

However, Diversity High School continued to challenge me regarding documents, stating that some were incorrect. They also raised concerns based on information they claimed to have heard about my children, which is not true.

“Despite this, the school accepted them. They were, however, warned and threatened with expulsion should the children break the code of conduct in any way,” she said.

She also mentioned that the school needed a registration fee for Grade Nine and the year’s school fees for the Grade Eight, totalling R4 000.

She further thanked the Comaro Chronicle for the assistance.