Almost 300 Diepsloot pupils have not been at school this year due to a shortage of schools in the area, and one of the schools the department said would be ready by yesterday to accommodate them is incomplete while construction has not even started on the other one. A report from the Gauteng department of education has revealed that 285 pupils from Diepsloot have not set foot in class this year and that 79 of them are high school pupils while 206 are in primary school.  Thabiso Kotane speaks to Gauteng Department of Education Spokesperson, Steve Mabona.