Pretoria – After opening the Gauteng online registration application for Grade 1 and 8 on Friday, the online admissions system experienced a challenge with Google Maps after it reached a maximum of 6000 requests per minute.
The system was temporarily restricted by Google Maps, which resulted in parents not being able to view and select schools when applying.
“Subsequently, this challenge was effectively resolved within 30 minutes after the system opened at 8am, and parents were able to proceed with their applications,” said Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona.
Mabona said over 165 000 Grade 1 & 8 applications were successfully processed by the department.
“We sincerely…