GDE wishes to clarify immunisation card confusion
We urge parents/guardians who will be applying for their children for Grade 1 in Phase 2 to upload or submit their child’s immunization card accordingly.
Issued by the Gauteng Department of Education The GDE wishes to clarify the issue of a ‘vaccination report’ being one of the documents required for prospective Grade One learner during the 2022 online admissions application period. The vaccination report mentioned in the 2022 online admissions presentation does not refer to the Covid-19 vaccination. Instead, it refers to an immunisation card which is a record of immunisations (inoculations/injections) and growth rate given to mothers when their infant is born and is used to monitor the development of the child until they are five years old.
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We are aware of the confusion that might have been caused by using the term ‘vaccination’ instead of ‘immunisation’. Although these terms are related in that they both involve inoculation/injection, we agree they carry different meanings, especially within the context of the pandemic we are facing. We urge parents/guardians who will be applying for their children for Grade One in Phase Two to upload or submit their child’s immunisation card accordingly. For more information contact the GDE.
