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Thousands of school children and Equal Education members marched in Pretoria and Cape Town on Monday to demand that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga publish norms and standards on school infrastructure.
They also called for safer and better resourced schools.
In Cape Town, around 2500 learners marched to Parliament, where they delivered a memorandum to a representative of the basic education department.
Other marches were held in Johannesburg and Durban on Monday.
According to EE, 3544 schools have no electricity, 401 have no water and 2611 have an unreliable water supply, while 913 have no toilet facilities.
Last week, EE announced it was taking Motshekga to court for allegedly breaching an agreement to publish the binding minimum norms and standards document for school infrastructure by May 15.
The matter will be heard by the Bhisho High Court on July 11.
