Gauteng Department of Education moves placement dates for Grades One and Eight
Parents of learners who have submitted the required documents should therefore expect to receive offers of placement via SMS from September 18 to October 31.
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has revised the date to commence with the placement of Grade One and Eight learners to September 18.
The placement period for learner admissions 2020 was originally scheduled to start on August 30.
Parents of learners who have submitted the required documents should therefore expect to receive offers of placement via SMS from September 18 to October 31.
The purpose of the postponement is to allow the department and schools sufficient time to scrutinise and verify all schools’ waiting lists to ensure that no learner is unfairly disadvantaged.
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“To this end, officials and schools are currently engaged in extended verification of schools’ waiting lists in line with the admissions criteria as outlined in Regulation 6 (2) and (3) of the Amended Admissions Regulations.
“The department wishes to reiterate that the WA1 – WA4 numbers issued during the application period will not be used as the basis to determine placement.
“Offers of placement will not be sent to all parents on the same day, as the department will be processing offers systematically in line with the order of application options outlined in the admissions regulations.
“Placement offers must be accepted within seven school days. Therefore, the first offers received must be accepted by October 8,” says department spokesperson Steve Mabona.
School holidays are not counted as part of the seven school days. However, parents are welcome to visit district offices or the head office to accept offers during the September school holidays.
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Parents may also accept offers online by logging on to www.gdeadmissions.gov.za or by visiting the nearest school on school days.
“We would like to appeal to parents to remain calm as it will be impossible for all parents to receive an SMS on the same day.
“Parents must also remember that the capacity of each school will determine a final number of learners to be admitted at a school,” says Mabona.
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