Obed Mosiane Primary School (Roodepoort)

Obed Mosiane Primary in Dobsonville, Roodepoort. A public, no-fee school with 1320 kids and only 44 teachers. Bra, that is not a school, that is a taxi rank with a chalkboard. Thirty kids per teacher, meaning your educator is basically trying to teach a small village at the same time. By the time the teacher gets to your desk to check your work, you have already finished Grade 4 and moved on with your life. 1320 learners. That is not a primary school, that is a stadium event. Sports day at this place must be an absolute circus. They are not running the 100 metres, they are running just to find the finish line through the crowd. And if load shedding hits during exams, which you know it does, those 44 teachers are passing out one candle between them like it is some kind of church service. Look, jokes aside, a no-fee school in Dobsonville holding over a thousand kids together with 44 teachers and no fees? That takes a different kind of strength. The teachers here are not teaching, they are surviving. The government throws peanuts and expects these educators to run a circus without the tent. Overall verdict: Obed Mosiane is basically 44 people holding up a roof for 1320 kids with their bare hands, which is genuinely impressive even if it should not have to be that way.