The Gauteng Education Department procures over 400 mobile spaces to place learners in schools. EducationGP1
The Gauteng Education Department says it had received over 8 000 late online admissions and over 30 000 incomplete applications for grade one and grade eight for the 2023 academic year.
He urged parents – especially those in “pressure areas” – to be patient as the department works through the applications. The GED later re-opened applications for late applicants on 20 December 2022 and the process will close on 31 January 2023 at 00:01am. “What parents need to understand about these late applications is that they have forfeited certain rights which include the right to choose a school of their choice. We will place a child, where there is space, that's how we are going to deal with them,” explained Chiloane.
“We are still left with 501 unplaced grade eight learners in the Kempton Park area. We are continuing to speak to our schools…to work together to ensure that we close off things,” he said.
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