By Johnathan Paoli
A total of 293,057 placement offers had been issued to parents of Grade 1 and 8 learners as of the early hours of Thursday, according to the Gauteng Education Department.
MEC Matome Chiloane said that this milestone followed the commencement of the 2025 online admissions placement for the learners on Monday. A total of 146,385 were made for Grade 1 and 146,672 for Grade 8.
A total of 148,744 offers have been accepted, while around 105,193 remain pending acceptance.
Chiloane reassured parents that placement offers would continue to be sent out in batches throughout the year.
Parents are encouraged to log on to the Online Admissions website www.gdeadmissions.gov.za within seven days of receiving an offer.
They can choose to accept the offer as final, which secures the learner’s placement at the school, or provisionally accept it while awaiting additional offers.
If a new offer is later accepted, the previous one will be cancelled.
“Placement offers will be issued continuously until all learners are placed. If an SMS confirms a child’s placement, no further action is required,” he said.
The MEC also reminded parents that placements depended on space availability and priority placement criteria.
He said parents should remain calm if they did not receive immediate SMS notifications, as they could check their application status online.
Concerns about application statuses changing from “Documents Verified” to “No Documents Submitted” have been addressed. This occurred during the document review process.
Chiloane emphasised the importance of patience and cooperation as the department worked to secure placements fairly for all learners.
For parents dissatisfied with their offers, there was a process to submit objections and appeals, which would be addressed in a timely manner, he said.
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