Online school registration system will handle demand, when it goes live next week
Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says the online system should be able to handle the demand for schools, when the application process begins on Monday.Lesufi said on Thursday the provincial education department was working with Vodacom to provide the platform. He said parents should start applying as early as possible to avoid problems at the beginning of the new academic year.A parent could apply for a maximum of five schools per pupil using the options home‚ work‚ sibling and school of choice for Grade 1.For Grade 8‚ the parent could apply using the options of home‚ work‚ sibling‚ previous school‚ school of choice and school of focused learning or specialisation.Parents with children wanting special needs specialisation must apply directly to those schools, as their applications also use medical records.An application using home address‚ work address or sibling at the school would be placed on priority list A or WA. The rationale for this was to prioritise applications of lear...
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