There was relief and excitement as more than 200 primary schoolchildren in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, finally stepped into a classroom for the first time since the year began. However, Tanganani Primary School does not have teachers. Diepsloot has borne the brunt of the overcrowding and shortage of schools plaguing Gauteng, with the provincial education department last week reporting that primary schools are overcrowded by 3,200 pupils and high schools by 1,844 pupils, and that the area needed 102 more classrooms to deal with the problem. Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is joined by Department of Education, Spokesperson Steve Mabona