Gauteng’s education department has placed around 291,574 students through the department’s online admissions system.
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- There are still 176 students waiting to be placed in public schools in Gauteng.
- The education department urged parents to accept their placement, even if it was at a satellite school.
- Nearly 300,000 students were placed through the department’s online admissions system.
Gauteng’s education department has managed to locate the last batch of students in the province.
The 176 unplaced pupils starting grade 8 have been offered places at a new satellite school in Pretoria North and will start attending classes on Monday, spokesman Steve Mabona said.
Initially, 223 students were not placed in the Tshwane West District, of which 47 were placed at Amandasig High School and currently attend classes on a rotating basis.
In the Johannesburg Western District, 464 eighth graders have been placed, either in a school with larger capacity or in a registered satellite school such as Robinhood College in Maraisburg, Mabona said.
Earlier, Mabona said Kempton Park, facing high-pressure schools, would use dedicated teaching rooms to help boost capacity, while Olifantsfontein Primary School would be assisted with the delivery of more mobile classrooms to accommodate all unplaced students.
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He confirmed that the 232 first graders not placed in Olifantsfontein have been placed in Olifantsfontein Primary School.
The school also received a total of 11 mobile classrooms, eight of which are currently being installed, to accommodate students receiving classroom instruction, he said.
In Kempton Park, 106 of the 501 unassigned eighth graders were placed in schools with available space, while the remaining 395 students were placed in a satellite school registered as a New Kempton Park High School.
Mabona said parents of unplaced students were concerned about the safety of the satellite schools, but urged them to accept the placement.
mabona said:
Despite this concerted effort on the part of the department, parents of students not placed at Kempton Park have expressed concerns about safety in the vicinity of this satellite school and are therefore refusing this placement.
The department has placed about 291,574 students through the department’s online admissions system.
