Online admissions for Grade 1 and Grade 8 for the 2023 academic year are running smoothly, with over 165 000 applications processed by midday, according to the Gauteng Department of Education.
Starting at 8am on Friday morning, parents of prospective Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils were able to register their children for the next academic year via the department’s online portal.
The GDE Online Admissions System was temporarily restricted by Google Maps due to reaching a maximum of 6000 requests per minute, which resulted in parents not being able to view and select schools when applying.
The Department said this was effectively resolved within 30 minutes after the system opened at 8am, and…