Thousands of applications received by Gauteng Education for the 2023 academic year

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says provisions have been made to deal with the high number of Grade 1 and 8 admissions for 2023 at schools considered high pressure. These are mostly in the Alberton and Pretoria North area. The department has received over 764 000 applications for the 2023 academic year.

Briefing the media on Sunday, Lusufi says parents will begin getting placement SMSes from tomorrow until the end of November.

“From Monday, 03 October 2022, parents and guardians will be sent SMSes with placement offers to the contact numbers they used when applying (it’s that time for happy SMSes),”
Lesufi says school governing bodies have been given money for close to 1 300 extra classrooms. Lesufi has been briefing the media in Pretoria ahead of tomorrow’s placement process.

The Department has identified the schools that have received far more applications than they can reasonably accommodate in terms of students. About 275 primary schools and 221 secondary schools are regarded as high-pressure institutions respectively.

Source: SABC

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