THE Gauteng Department of Education started its placement of learners on July 24, and the placement period will end on October 30.
Parents will receive offers of placement by SMS and have seven days to accept or reject them. Parents are urged to respond to placement offers by either accepting or rejecting them.
However, not all parents will receive an SMS before the end of August. Districts are working with schools to sign off and verify the final lists of admission per school. This process was delayed by the winter school holidays.
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Parents are urged not to panic if they have not received an SMS in the next three weeks. However, they should contact the district if no SMS notification has been received after three weeks from July 24.
Those parents that have been informed that their application has been declined can lodge an objection with the district. The objection form is obtainable on the website www.education.gpg.gov.za or at the school.
A total of 12 684 applications were made by non-South African citizens. When incomplete documents are submitted and the parent submits proof of application from the Department of Home Affairs, schools will accept learners provisionally. This provision is applicable to both South African and non-South African citizens. Schools will keep a database of undocumented learners and parents.
The department commends parents for heeding the call to apply online and on time. “Once more, we thank the people of Gauteng for the overwhelming response to the online admissions. The early processing of admissions means that learning and teaching can commence on the first day of the 2018 academic calendar,” said MEC Panyaza Lesufi.
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