Gauteng Education says 670 000 applications made online for Grade 1
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says the platform has not crashed.
The Gauteng Education Department has reported that more than 670,000 applications have been made through its online school admissions system for Grade 1, with the deadline set for September 4. Despite concerns from unions about the system's functionality, Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile maintains that the platform has not crashed and is offering a more accurate representation of the province's increasing demand for school places.
Maile notes that Gauteng typically gains around 50,000 new learners annually, largely due to migration into the area, which further strains the available classrooms and resources. He has encouraged parents to finalize their applications and submit all necessary documents before the system closes. Maile emphasizes the importance of parents continuing to use the same contact information for any follow-up communications.
He stated, "We want parents anytime from October to expect SMSs and that’s why we want to ask parents not to change the phones and the numbers that they are using for application because those are the numbers and the email addresses that the system will be able to give them feedback and then they can be able to also contact us if they are not happy." Online school applications for Grades 1 and 8 opened on August 5.
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