Sixty-three percent of schools in Gauteng have finalised their placements of learners for the 2017 academic year and by early September more will have followed suit.Gauteng MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi on Monday briefed the media on the progress of placements since an online registration system was introduced earlier in 2016.Lesufi said the province had received almost 700,000 applications in total‚ and that 118,534 of these were first-time placements for grade 1 students. For grade 8‚ there were 91,221 applications.Of the total applications received‚ 4,742 were for provincial relocation to Gauteng.Lesufi warned parents that if they had not used the web-based system to apply for their children to attend school or if they planned to apply at the beginning of 2017‚ they could lose out come January."Anyone who has not gone through an online registration (for grades 1 and 8) will not be placed. It will be difficult for you to get in the system‚" Lesufi said.He said three principals ...
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