Gauteng online admissions to close on Friday
The Department of Education in Gauteng’s online admission process for Grade 1 and 8 pupils will close on Friday.
In a statement released on Friday morning, the department warned parents who have not applied to do so before the system shutdown at midnight.
The department says a total of 748 485 Grade 1 and Grade 8 applications have been successfully recorded.
"As of this morning, the GDE Online Admissions System recorded a total of 323 294 applications made for Grade 1 and 448 168 applications made for Grade 8. This brings the grand total of applications made to 748 485.
“Parents/guardians who have applied today, but have not uploaded documents, are urged to upload urgently or physically submit their documents at all schools applied to within 7 school days. The deadline for this will be 30 August 2022," said spokesperson Steve Mabona.
Parents who require assistance with the application are urged to contact the department's call centre on 0800 000 789 or WhatsApp on 060 891 0361.
Mabona says there has been a low number of complaints this year.
"Parents are urged to wait for the placement period to begin on 3 October in order to receive placement offers.”
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