THE deadline for late online applications for Grade One and Eight pupils in the Gauteng province is at midnight
Meaning, parents are only left with few hours to register their children at schools with available spaces around the province.
In an attempt to test the Gauteng Department of Education’s online late application system, Inside Education visited the website and it was functioning properly before going to press.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi’s spokesman, Steve Mabona said, currently, “a total of 26 482 late applications have received placement. This amounts to a total of 16 977 Grade 1 learners and 9 505 Grade 8 learners who have been placed during the late applications period”.
The MEC’s Office has encouraged parents and guardians who have not had an opportunity to apply for their children to visit the Department’s website, www.gdeadmissions.gov.za for registration.
However, Lesufi’s Office said, “only schools that have capacity to place learners will be available”.
MEC Lesufi, thanked everyone who utilised the online system to apply.
Lesufi reassured the public that “officials are hard at work to review the system, to accommodate all concerns raised. Subsequently, a report will be tabled just before the commencement of the 2023 online application period”.
