The department recorded more than 100,000 grade 8 applications in just four days after opening up the online application system for the 2022 academic year.
Belinda PhetoGauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says his department has been 'vindicated' by the decision to introduce a two-phase application system. File photo.Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has given the thumbs up to a two-phase application system for the province's schools.
Applications opened on Tuesday and the department said that by Wednesday, applications surpassed the 50,000 mark, with more than 52,000 successful applications being reached on the second day of the 2022 online admissions in Gauteng. This year the department has split the application process into two phases. Phase 1 applications, which started on Tuesday and will end on September 3, are for parents and guardians whose children are currently in grade 7 at a public school in Gauteng and will be going to grade 8 in 2022.
Phase 2 applications will begin on September 13 and will focus on parents and guardians whose children will be going to grade 1 or grade 8 in 2022 but are not in a public school in Gauteng. This phase will end on October 8.
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