The online application process for pupils in grades 1 and 8 to attend schools in 2023 opened on 19 July and closed on 31 August. Enrolment and placement took place between 1 September and 15 December. But many children were still not placed as 18 January, the day Western Cape schools open, approached.visited the Metro North Education District of the Western Cape Education Department and saw dozens of parents seeking help at the offices to find school places.
Parents waited in rows of chairs inside and outside a tent after being allocated numbers by security staff at the gate. Officials were helping parent number 70. People kept arriving. The queue moved efficiently.spoke to a parent, who gave her name as Unity. She said she was there to look for a place for a cousin whose parents both died last year.
“At the district I received excellent service. The child was put on the waiting list and I was also advised to try Adult Basic Education and Training since my child is already 16,” she said.that in terms of general admissions, as of 20 December 2022, 111,616 Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils had been placed for this school year. Placing of a further 680 Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils is in process.“This includes late applications made up to 19 December.
“We are currently building 842 additional classrooms for the 2023 school year which will accommodate at least 26,000 places for learners in the province. This is an unprecedented building programme. We are building the equivalent of one school every four days, or eight classes per day on average, to accommodate needs. We are also appointing up to 1,143 additional teachers in the system this year.”
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