Phakathi kuka-Ephreli noDisemba 2024, angu-296 amacala okudlwengula abikwe ezikhungweni zemfundo zaseNingizimu Afrika, ngokwezibalo zobugebengu. Izigameko eziningi (225) zenzeke ezikoleni, ezingu-28 zenzeke ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme, ezingu-22 zenzeke ezinkulisa, ezingu-21 zenzeke ezikoleni eziyisipesheli.
Kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya kuJuni kuqoshwe amacala angu-91, iKwaZulu-Natal ihamba phambili ngawu-17, ilandelwa iGauteng ngawu-15, iWestern Cape ngawu-13. Phakathi kukaJulayi noSepthemba abikwe amacala angu-106, iGauteng (20), KZN (18) neNorth West (13) okuyizona ezihamba phambili. Ngekota yokugcina yonyaka kubikwe amacala angu-99, iGauteng (21), Free State (17) neKZN (15) ehamba phambili.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMfundo eyisiSekelo, uMnuz Siviwe Gwarube, ukugcizelele ukuthi kumele kube nezinyathelo eziqinile zokuqeda abantu abanukubeza ezikoleni. Uveze ukuthi kumele kwenziwe ubulungiswa futhi wazibophezela ukuthi uzosebenzisana noNgqongqoshe wezoBulungiswa, uMmamoloko Kubayi, ukuze kuchitshiyelwe umthetho. U-Gwarube uhlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu osebenza nezingane uyahlolwa ngokumelene nerejista yezwe labahlukumezi ngokocansi.
Izibalo ezishaqisayo zigqamisa isidingo esiphuthumayo sezinyathelo zokuphepha ezithuthukisiwe ngaphakathi kwezikhungo zemfundo ukuze kuvikelwe abafundi odlameni locansi.