More than 20,000 pupils have so far been placed at schools in the Northern Cape by the provincial Department of Education for the 2023 academic year through its online admissions system.
MORE than 20,180 pupils have so far been placed at various schools in the Northern Cape by the provincial Department of Education for the 2023 academic year through its online admissions system.
Department spokesperson Geoffrey van der Merwe said parents who failed to register their children for Grade R, 1 and 8 during the admissions period of May 23 to June 20, 2022 will from November 1 until November 11, 2022 be afforded the opportunity to do so.
“The department has received a total of 52,280 applications from 20,968 unique learners as parents have applied to more than one school. We have received a total of 18,816 applications for Grade R, a total of 5,371 applications for Grade 1 and a total of 28,093 applications for Grade 8. To date, a total of 20,182 learners have been placed and 786 are not yet placed,” said Van der Merwe.
“We have noted that many parents have not applied during the admissions period. The department will accommodate those parents by reopening the online admissions system for late applications from Tuesday, November 1 until November 11, 2022. The online applications are strictly for Grade R, 1 and 8 learners. Applications to any other grade are done directly at the school of choice.”
Van der Merwe urged parents to take cognisance of the available space at schools. “We remind parents that late applications will only be allowed to schools that have available capacity.
“Parents will immediately receive an SMS when the online application is completed. Parents must log into the online learner admission website at www.ncdoeadmissions.org and follow the process as outlined on the system,” Van der Merwe advised.
