Desperate shortage of special needs schools

Bay parents can wait years before finding suitable places for children

It could take up to three years for a child with special needs to be placed in an appropriate school in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The lack of facilities and teachers for special needs pupils is so dire that some frustrated parents say they have nowhere to turn...

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