805,688 Applications: Gauteng Schools Face 2027 Capacity Crunch

805,688 applications: Gauteng schools face 2027 capacity crunch

Gauteng faces mounting pressure on school capacity after receiving 805,688 Grade 1 and 8 applications for 2027, with Education MEC Lebogang Maile calling for a rethink.

Grade 1 and 8 placement criteria explained as applications close

Gauteng has received 805,688 applications for Grade 1 and 8 late places in 2027, but parents will have to wait before placement offers start arriving. The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) received applications from 357,468 parents and guardians covering 346,877 individual learners. Grade 1 accounted for 169,396 learners, while 177,481 applied for Grade 8. Late-application […]

Maile: Gauteng has enough school places, but not where parents want them - featuredPost

Gauteng has 405,627 available school places for the 2027 academic year, but the province says a mismatch between where capacity exists and where families want their children to attend is fuelling overcrowding at popular schools. The post Maile: Gauteng has enough school places, but not where parents want them appeared first on Inside Education..