The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng urges parents and guardians to accept their children’s placement offer within seven days to ensure that no child misses a day of schooling in 2024.

 The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has today begun the process of placement offers for Grades 1 and 8 for the 2024 academic year. The parents will be notified via SMS of placement offers, which they can either accept as final or accept while waiting for their preferred schools.

 Furthermore, we call on the department to communicate efficiently with all parents and guardians who have applied. Based on previous experience, some parents complained of not receiving placement offer SMS from the department, which resulted in learners not being placed on time.

 The DA will monitor the progress of the placement process to ensure that all learners who applied on time are placed. We will also continue to put pressure on the department to ensure that the process is transparent, all parents are treated equally, and there is constant communication between parents and the department on placement issues.

Issued by Khume Ramulifho MPL - DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education