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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Ho\u00ebrskool Langehoven in Pretoria North is one of several Gauteng schools that received an overwhelming number of Grade 8 applications for 2023 – far in excess of the number it is able to accommodate.<\/p>\n

The school only has 310 openings, but received 2 607 Grade 8 applications.<\/p>\n

Laerskool Akasia, also in Pretoria North, received the most Grade 1 applications in Gauteng. The school can only accommodate 255 pupils but received 1 538 applications.<\/p>\n

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi revealed this on Sunday during a briefing on the province’s online placement process.<\/p>\n

A total of 764 062 applications were submitted and processed for both Grades 1 and 8. According to him, it’s the highest number of applications received since the launch of the department’s online application process in 2016.<\/p>\n

There are 157 697 Grade 1 pupils to place and 174 780 Grade 8 pupils.<\/p>\n

From Monday, he added, parents and guardians will receive SMSes with placement offers. The offers must be accepted within seven school days.<\/p>\n

“Parents and guardians are reminded that the placement offers are based on the following criteria considered in order of priority: home address within the school’s feeder zone; sibling(s); previous school; work address within the school’s feeder zone; home address within a 30km radius; and home address beyond a 30km radius.”<\/p>\n

He added that the department had identified schools that received an overwhelming number of applications in excess of their capacity.<\/p>\n

About 275 primary schools and 221 secondary schools were regarded as high-pressure schools.<\/p>\n

“In order to assist high-pressure schools to accommodate more learners, we will augment classroom shortages and enhance space by providing schools with mobile units and transferring funds to schools for self-build classroom projects.<\/p>\n

“This process will avail about 599 additional classrooms to primary schools and 698 additional classrooms to secondary schools.<\/p>\n

“We must emphasise that, with all these interventions, unfortunately, it will not be possible to accommodate all applicants to schools they prefer; however, all applicants will be placed at schools with available space,” Lesufi warned.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Ho\u00ebrskool Langehoven in Pretoria North is one of several Gauteng schools that received an overwhelming number of Grade 8 applications for 2023 – far in excess of the number it is able to accommodate. The school only has 310 openings, but received 2 607 Grade 8 applications. 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