Gauteng online registration system fails again
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has yet again encountered technical problems with its new online learner registration system for 2017.
The admissions website, which was rescheduled to go live at 8am on Tuesday, failed again. The GDE said that owing to a "technical glitch" the website would now only go live at 10am.
The online application site was initially launched on April 11, but was suspended a few hours later after the system crashed. The GDE said the system could not cope after it received more than 600 applicants per second.
Parents and guardians took to Twitter to voice their frustration after the system remained offline after 10.00am.
@EducationGP @Lesufi @BodibeOupa @DBE_SA Do not make promises you cant keep :(
— Skeyi Nolusindiso (@Lucci_Skeyi) April 19, 2016
@EducationGP what now? 10 am has come and gone.... and site still not up.
— Bonnie Reardon (@reardonuk) April 19, 2016
@EducationGP @Lesufi @BodibeOupa it's way past 10 when will the website be working?
— Sandi (@BethuelSandi) April 19, 2016
@jenty @educationgp @lesufi #gdeadmissions Oh!!! They meant at 10:00am Africa time!!! Not 10:00am. My bad.
— Suzy (@suzypaulaneves) April 19, 2016
Its 10:15 and the website is still down #Admissions2017 am done
— Tshego_lee (@T_Bae_coupe) April 19, 2016