School admissions: today is last day to receive an offer

The Gauteng Department of Education urges all parents who have received an offer of placement for Grade One and Eight admissions for 2020 to accept the offer immediately.

Should parents not accept the offer given, it leads to the system being clogged, consequently restricting the system from releasing further offers of placement to parents still awaiting offers, said MEC Panyaza Lesufi.

Should parents not accept these offers of placement made to them, it will be forfeited and offered to other parents.

Lesufi said placement was a process. When parents accept offers, more offers can be released to others.

Parents who have not yet received offers of placement, are reminded that the process to send offers will end on October 31. The department is working tirelessly to finalise the process of issuing offers to the remaining parents.

“We want to assure all parents that all learners will be placed accordingly,” said Lesufi.

“We are indebted to all parents who accepted their offers and appreciate the patience of those awaiting offers of placement to be made by October 31. Parents who do not have access to the internet, may visit the school or district office where they will be assisted to accept offers.”

The department reiterated that that the admission regulations criteria and capacity of each school would determine the number of applicants that receive placement offers and the number of learners ultimately admitted to a school.

We have summoned all our district admission coordinators to a central location so they can resolve all outstanding placements. Furthermore, we have urged our officials to diligently attend to each parent and not take them from pillar to post.” said Lesufi.