{"id":914457,"date":"2022-01-08T07:57:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T07:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/08\/gauteng-education-says-more-than-270-000-learners-have-been-placed-in-schools-so-far\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T07:57:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T07:57:07","slug":"gauteng-education-says-more-than-270-000-learners-have-been-placed-in-schools-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/gauteng-education-says-more-than-270-000-learners-have-been-placed-in-schools-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng education says more than 270 000 learners have been placed in schools so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bb80a8f9-77d9-5a87-b2cb-930ae59e9c97&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x225&#038;resize=4320x2430.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Durban &#8211; A total of 276 564 Grade 1 and 8 online admissions applicants have been successfully placed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Basic Education in Gauteng, officials are still working to ensure that 1 465 applicants who remain unplaced are accommodated in due course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Department spokesperson, Steve Mabona, said to deal with the pressure of placement in high pressure districts, the GDE is investing in more classrooms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have transferred over R240 million to schools for the construction of classrooms. These funds will enable the construction of 229 classrooms in identified primary schools and 270 classrooms in identified high schools,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Mabona said the department had also identified more than 17 000 applicants who did not submit all the necessary supporting documents to their applied school or upload it on the system during the allocated time period. These are deemed unsuccessful applications. However, the system is currently open for them to upload and choose available schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAs such, we must remind parents and guardians that applications which met all the admissions criteria would have submitted or uploaded the following documentation successfully,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-ba9bcc9eaaa3f46ccc42197d1d2306c3\">Documents required for Grade 8 applications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Parent and Child ID or Passport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Refugee Permit<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Asylum Seeker Permit<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Permanent Residence Permit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Study Permit<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Your South African Birth Certificate<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Proof of Home Address<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Proof of Work Address<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Latest School Report<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-0a5774fcc606638a65e5af342f74c012\">Documents required for Grade 1 applications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Parent and Child ID or Passport<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Refugee Permit<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Asylum Seeker Permit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Permanent Residence Permit<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Study Permit<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           South African Birth certificate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Proof of Home Address<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Proof of Work Address<\/p>\n<p>\u2022           Latest School Report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2022           Clinic Card\/Vaccination report<\/p>\n<p>The Department has also prioritised the finalisation of 866 appeals received since the placement period commenced last year. <\/p>\n<p>Mabona said these appeals are the result of applicants who could not be placed at their desired school and objected to placement at an alternative school provided. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Outcomes will be communicated to all applicants latest by Monday, January 10.<\/p>\n<p>The late registration process would commence on Wednesday, January 12. <\/p>\n<p>Parents and guardians are asked to login on www.gdeadmissions.gov.za to apply. Only schools with capacity will be availed on the system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Parents and guardians wishing to receive assistance from the Department may either contact the call centre on 0800 000 789, send an email on [email&nbsp;protected] or send a a direct message via the GDE social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Parents and guardians may also contact their respective GDE district office for assistance using the following contact details:<\/p>\n<p>Ekurhuleni North<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Director Nonceba Ntuta: (071) 579-3049<\/p>\n<p>Ekurhuleni South<\/p>\n<p>Director Busi Luthuli: (083) 450-0152<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Johannesburg East<\/p>\n<p>Director Shirley Molobi: (083) 389-2868<\/p>\n<p>Johannesburg North<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Director Vuyi Cindi: (076) 381-7100<\/p>\n<p>Johannesburg West<\/p>\n<p>Director Vincent Ndhlovu: (071) 559-5831<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gauteng East<\/p>\n<p>Director Somikazi Chabalala: (071) 561-3569<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng North<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Director Zukile Kosi: (060) 995-3736<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng West<\/p>\n<p>Director Oupa Koapeng: (072) 693-2678<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Tshwane North<\/p>\n<p>Director Thea Coetser: (083) 564-5146<\/p>\n<p>Tshwane South<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Director Paula Galego: (060) 980-6971<\/p>\n<p>Tshwane West<\/p>\n<p>Director Yvonne Mooke: (071) 579-1381<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sedibeng East<\/p>\n<p>Director Pheello Meetsing: (066) 487-2708<\/p>\n<p>Sedibeng West<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Director Themba Maseko:  (082) 562-5673<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must stress that we take very seriously our Constitutional mandate of ensuring that every child is placed in a school. We would like to plead with parents to remain patient as our officials have been working around the clock to ensure that all learners are placed at a school as soon as is possible. We further commit to continue to work with all stakeholders to improve the quality of education in all our schools,\u201d said Gauteng Education MEC Mr Panyaza Lesufi.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-2a08598dfa13cfd71abbf3dcb05fc109\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban &#8211; A total of 276 564 Grade 1 and 8 online admissions applicants have been successfully placed. According to the Department of Basic Education in Gauteng, officials are still working to ensure that 1 465 applicants who remain unplaced are accommodated in due course. Department spokesperson, Steve Mabona, said to deal with the pressure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}