Frustration as Gauteng online registration system goes live
Gauteng parents and guardians have been frustrated after the online system to register grade 1 and grade 8 pupils for 2017 only went live late on Tuesday afternoon.
Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi addressed the media after the online system didn't go live as scheduled on Tuesday morning.
The system crashed last week due to high volumes.
#Admissions2017 The site is live pic.twitter.com/mM5ugzRiJS
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) April 19, 2016
Parents can now log on,create profiles and apply for their children @Lesufi @GautengProvince @DBE_SA #Admissions2017 pic.twitter.com/1Y5ByobyaN
— Gauteng Education (@EducationGP) April 19, 2016
We are now live! #Admissions2017 @Lesufi @GautengProvince @DBE_SA @BodibeOupa @elizefron @GCISMedia pic.twitter.com/tTOARNdmvW
— Gauteng Education (@EducationGP) April 19, 2016
Lesufi said he also realised that not all the addresses, of especially township schools, were available and those schools were not on the system.
"The number of informal settlements that don't have addresses, it was going to disadvantage them. We needed then to drop all the coordinates and use reliable coordinates. You then have to apply through the name of the school. That decision meant that the entire software needed to be reprogrammed. So I had to swallow my pride and say 'reprogramme'," Panyaza said.
Live but extremely slow.."@JacaNews: #Admissions2017 Lesufi: The system is live. SM" cc @Lesufi
— IG:boni_mag (@Boni_Magoqoza) April 19, 2016
@JacaNews stress goes on pic.twitter.com/kMAImj4D4D
— Chris (@chrisn_sa) April 19, 2016
@EducationGP @Lesufi @GautengProvince @DBE_SA @GCISMedia I was able to connect & applied but the system told me that I've already applied
— Brenda Mazibuko (@BD_Mazibuko) April 19, 2016
@EducationGP @Lesufi @GautengProvince @DBE_SA @GCISMedia now what??? pic.twitter.com/tKgZCYnscs
— muhammed (@moei786) April 19, 2016
@EducationGP @Lesufi, the site still not working, its slow then pops this error message pic.twitter.com/xSdguLtjxD
— Topollo Letsoisa (@TopolloL) April 19, 2016