Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has announced that the 2025 online application for grades 1 and 8 will open on Thursday
Gauteng department of education
If a child is in Grade R at a school this year, it does not automatically mean they will continue to Grade 1 in that same school next year, according to Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane, who said that parents of grade R pupils should also apply for admission for their children.
He announced that the 2025 online application would open from Thursday, 11 July, at 8am to Monday, 12 August, at midnight.
Chiloane added that parents could apply online or at their preferred schools and advised them not to use internet cafes for the safekeeping of their details and applications.
He said that parents were allowed to choose a minimum of three schools and a maximum of five schools and added that placements for pupils would begin on 16 September.
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He said:
When parents are assisted with registration and applications, to avoid errors, parents are encouraged to ensure that their information is correctly captured on the registered profile.
Chiloane said that parents who had no access to internet services must use any of the department’s 80 centres across the province and are not charged a fee. He also added that the online process had improved and was user-friendly.
“Accordingly, the system has a 100% placement rate of all complete applications submitted online, which recently successfully processed the placement of approximately 400 000 learners ahead of the 2024 academic year,” said Chiloane.
The required documents for the online applications:
1. SA parent ID or passport and child’s birth certificate or
passport
2. Refugee permit
3. Asylum seeker permit
4. Permanent residence permit
5. Study permit
6. Proof of home address
7. Proof of work address
8. Latest Grade 7 school report (Grade 8 applicants only)
9. Clinic card/immunisation report (Grade 1 applicants only)
Chiloane also urged parents and guardians to avoid changing their contact details as they would receive SMS notifications regarding their applications. He said that parents would be given seven days from applying to complete their application.
He said:
During the application period, consistent reminders will be sent to applicants with incomplete applications to submit outstanding documents within seven days. Seven days after the application period, all applicants with incomplete applications are informed via SMS and a message on their profile that their applications are not valid.
Chiloane also explained that the reason the application process began late was due to the recent national elections.
Zamokuhle Ndawonde
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