Gauteng's education department says almost every Grade 1 and Grade 8 kid finally scored a school spot for next year, with over 342,000 learners placed out of roughly 358,000 applicants by mid-December. About 15,000 students still need slots, mostly Grade 8 kids in packed districts like Ekurhuleni and Tshwane, where some high schools got thousands of applications for just a couple of hundred openings.
Officials ran capacity checks before placements started, and they keep shuffling unplaced students to nearby schools with empty desks while handling thousands of appeals from families who got bumped. Late applications open later this month for anyone who missed the main window or screwed up their paperwork, with around 87,000 spots available at schools that are not maxed out yet.
Officials ran capacity checks before placements started, and they keep shuffling unplaced students to nearby schools with empty desks while handling thousands of appeals from families who got bumped. Late applications open later this month for anyone who missed the main window or screwed up their paperwork, with around 87,000 spots available at schools that are not maxed out yet.
