Over 200 000 Grades 1 and 8 placement offers issued in Gauteng

The Gauteng Department of Education says over 200 000 placement offers have been issued so far.

This comes after the start of the 2025 Online Admissions placement period for grade one and grade eight learners.

To date, over 140 000 offers have been accepted, while approximately 100 000 offers are yet to be accepted by parents.

Department Spokesperson Steve Mabona says placement offers will be issued continuously until all learners are placed.

“Parents who did not receive an SMS immediately should not panic as they can log into the GDE website to check for placement updates. If a school reaches capacity and cannot accommodate a learner, parents may receive a transfer offer for the next closest school with available space. So, the status would say the child is transferred to the school that has capacity.”

GDE update on online placements: 

𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟵𝟯 𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝟭 & 𝟴 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗚

MEC @matomekopano is pleased to announced that 293 057 placement offers have been issued for Grade 1 & 8. From these, 148 744 offers have been accepted.… pic.twitter.com/vo3kl0DnaJ

— Gauteng Department of Education (@EducationGP1) September 19, 2024