No set date for Grades 1 and 8 for 2023 online admissions
Online admissions, Department of Education
The DA requested online applications for Grades 1 and 8 to be opened sooner.
DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education, Khume Ramulifho has requested the Gauteng Department of Education to start opening the online applications sooner to ensure that no learner misses a day of school next year.
According to Ramulifho, making the online admission earlier will ensure that school placements will be done timeously before the new academic year begins.
“This will also ensure that schools with high enrolment demand are identified and allocated more resources such as classrooms, teachers and furniture before the new 2023 academic year begins. The party was also proposing that the school placements must be concluded before September this year,” said Ramulifho.
He added that based on previous experience, delays in opening the online admission process have had a huge impact on the future of children, where thousands of learners across the province have missed months of school due to late placements.
“We believe that there no child of school-going age should stay at home because the department has not yet allocated them to a school.
“Opening online applications will also avoid last-minute interventions where resources are allocated at the beginning of the new academic year when schooling has resumed, and learners miss out on valuable teaching and learning time,” said Ramulifho.
He highlighted this will also quell the uncertainty and anxiety among parents and guardians as they will be made aware before the end of the year where their children will be placed.
This will allow them to plan and budget to buy uniforms, arrange transport where needed and buy stationery.
Gauteng education department spokesperson Steve Mabona has confirmed that the department has not yet set a date as to when the admissions will open but said they will alert the public soon.
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