“The online system went live yesterday at 2.30pm, later than the original time of 8.00am,” said Lesufi.
“Contrary to some media reports the system did not crash, but there was a delay in activating it.”
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Lesufi continued by saying the department is happy that the system has been running and within a period of 18 hours over 188 000 parents had successfully processed their applications.
According to the MEC, parents had received feedback from the system which has provided them with a reference number indicating whether they are on waiting list “A” or “B” and that more than 50 per cent of expected applications have been processed through the site.
“Once again the system experienced high demand and at 3.17pm yesterday 37 800 logins per second were recorded,” he said.
“These statistics gives us confidence and hope that indeed our people have heeded our call to register their children online.”
He acknowledged that there might be a few glitches in the system and parents who tried applying online had received some error messages, and as a result, they could not proceed with their applications.
The department will be deploying 8 500 officials to schools within the province to assist parents load their details online.
“We remain hopeful that this system will provide us with accurate statistics to ensure that on day one of the 2017 academic year, all schools are provided with adequate resources to ensure that teaching and learning begins in earnest on the first day of schooling,” he said.
