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The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has confirmed that public schools can now resume printing and issuing learner report cards after the South African School Administration and Management System (SA-SAMS) was fully restored following a technical outage.
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile will push for criminal action against officials implicated in school financial mismanagement, saying dismissals are not enough where public money has been stolen.
Thousands of Gauteng learners could again face school placement challenges in 2027 as the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has yet to announce when Grade 1 and Grade 8 admissions will open, despite the academic year already being well underway.
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has said that schools will start receiving delayed subsidy payments from the beginning of June, after missing the May deadline for the first tranche of funding.
The Gauteng Department of Education has launched the African Neurodiversity Association and the African Journal of Neurodiversity, in a move aimed at strengthening autism research, advocacy and support from an African perspective.
The Vodacom Foundation, supported by the Gauteng Department of Education, has invested R2 million in the School of Excellence model at Usizolwethu Special Needs School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, to strengthen digital learning for pupils with intellectual disabilities.
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) said on Wednesday that 8.5% (33,650) of applications for the 2026 placement of Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners through its Online Admissions System were submitted during the late application period from December 17, 2025, to January 30, 2026.
