“Don’t lose your number because that is how it [system] will update you on the process.
“We move from the assumption that any one of the five schools is your preferred school … your child can go to any of these five schools and still be happy.”
The last step is to upload certified supporting documents and the system will give parents seven days to do so after initially applying.
Chiloane said the system was working smoothly compared with its launch in 2015.
“Every year after we are done with this process, we take it on review, we bring in stakeholders to assist us on how to improve it. So far the system has improved [from] how it started in 2015 [to] how it responds today.”
The applications process was delayed by school governing body elections which affected planning, and the general elections.
“We are not late in the sense of placement, we are just starting late. It was [also] school holidays, we couldn’t launch it and open the process during school holidays.”
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