IUpdate on Grade 1 and 8 learner placement process. Photo: Pixabay.com
Gauteng Education MEC to provide update on Grade 1 and 8 learner placement process
Gauteng Education also cited that the placement progress was significantly slowed by parents who are not accepting placement offers.
IUpdate on Grade 1 and 8 learner placement process. Photo: Pixabay.com
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane will on Monday, 23 October 2023, provide an update on the 2024 Online Admissions learner placements process for grade 1 and 8.
GAUTENG EDUCATION INITIAL UPDATE ON LEARNER PLACEMENT
This will be in conjunction with the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination pledge signing ceremony and media briefing on the province’s readiness for these exams.
At the end of the first week (4 September 2023 to 7 September 2023) of Grade 1 and Grade 8 Placement, the department reported that the placement process ran smoothly.
As of 7 September 2023, 141 036 (46.09%) applicants accepted placement offers, but it remained concerning that 71 775 parents had not responded to them.
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SHORTCOMINGS OF THE GRADE 1 AND 8 ADMISSION
However, Gauteng Education also cited that the placement progress was significantly slowed by parents who are not accepting placement offers as the spaces are reserved for 7 days while no offers can be released to other applicants from the same school.
The Gauteng Education Department blamed the shortcomings on the parents not accepting placement offers as the spaces are reserved for 7 days while no offers can be released to other applicants from the same school.
“Applicants with offers not accepted within 7 schools will be auto-placed at the school with a placement offer closest to the parent’s home address after the 7th day,” the department warned.
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MESSAGE TO THE PARENTS
Parents are urged to check their cellphones for placement offers or login to their profiles on www.gdeadmissions.gov.za to view and ACCEPT Placement offers.
Gauteng Education also reminded parents with placement offers who have no access to the internet to accept placement offers must visit schools, districts or head office to be assisted to accept offers, OR call the department on 0800 000 789 for assistance.
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