The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) wishes to inform parents who applied for 2019 admissions for Grade 1 and Grade 8 during the application period that the placements of all applications will be made available on Friday, 3 August 2018.
“Once more, the Department is grateful for the cooperation and support received from parents,” MEC Panyaza Lesufi said.
All parents will receive an SMS advising them on the outcome of their applications.
By the end of the application period, a total of 569 302 applications had been received. More time is required to finalise the waiting lists with the schools and districts.
Parents can logon to www.gdeadmissions.gov.za to check the status of their application. Alternatively, parents can contact the GDE’s Call Centre on 0800 000 789 or visit the nearest district office as well as the public schools for any admission-related matters.
Parents are urged to accept offers of placement within seven working days of receipt of the offer. Failure to respond will result in the forfeiture of the offer to the next applicant on the school’s waiting list.
It must be noted that space availability is the key determinant for learners to be placed in a school.
Parents that failed to submit the required documents to the schools during the allocated time frame are requested to submit these documents at the District Offices from Monday, 10 September to Friday, 14 September 2018. The learners will then be placed by Districts.
The Department plans to place all Grade 1 and 8 learners for the 2019 academic year by 31 October.
For more information, contact the Gauteng Department of Education’s Spokesperson, Steve Mabona, on 072 574 3860.
• Source: Gauteng Department of Education
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