The Gauteng Department of Education’s Spokesperson, Steve Mabona confirms that over 73 000 successful Grade 1 and 8 applications were recorded today, Monday 13 September 2021, on Day 1 of the Phase 2 2022 Online Admissions applications.
“As of 12 noon, a total of 73 305 successful Grade 1 and 8 applications were recorded on our system. Of the total figure, the number of applications recorded for Grade 1 are 69 300 and Grade 8 recorded 3 981 applications,” said Mabona.
He mentions that this phase was initially meant for parents and guardians with children going to Grade 1 and Grade 8 in the 2022 academic year at Gauteng public schools.
“However, after realising that there were parents and guardians who were not able to apply on time during Phase 1 for learners in Grade 7 at public schools in Gauteng, they will also be able to apply during Phase 2,” Mabona added.
He noted that before the system opened this morning, approximately 9000 parents were on the landing page waiting for it to open.
“As such, this caused an administrative delay which needed developers to clear the said users after opening the system at 8h00,” he added.
Mabona appended that parents and guardian are reminded to upload their documents onto the system within 7 days of applying or submit the documents to all schools applied to.
Mabona says that MEC Lesufi said, “It is incredible that our Online Admissions system keeps advancing and making strides as the years progress. This year was the first time we launched our two-phased application approach and the extent of its success has been astounding. We are grateful to all parents and guardians who have conveyed their success in applying for their children using our system.”
Mabona concluded that their teams will still be available for assistance during Phase 2 applications on all our social media platforms, their decentralized walk-in centres and their call centre on 0800 000 789.
