The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has urged parents to confirm their children’s school placement by today as applications will be moving over to the next stage of its admissions process.
“Parents have been informed that they have until June 25 to confirm their final choice of school for 2022,” the department said.
The WCED said over 20 000 learners were accepted to more than one school for 2022, reports IOL.
Therefore, over 20 000 places at schools will be made available to learners who were unsuccessful at a particular school.
Some 50% of these are learners in Grade 8.
The WCED said parents were given a month to choose the school in which their child would be attending next year.
“Failing to do so by tomorrow evening will result in automatic placement in the first successful school based on their order of preference as submitted on the website,” the WCED said.
Available spaces will then be offered to those who were rejected or put on the waiting list.
In May, the WCED said it had close to 150 000 registered users on its admissions website for 2022 applications.
The process ended on March 31, and governing bodies have since been selecting students.
Parents can log in on the WCED’s website, go to “Track Application Status”, select name of learner and then under “Application Status”, it will inform the parent as to whether their application was a) Successful; b) Unsuccessful; or c) Has been placed on the waiting list.
The parent must either “Withdraw” or “Confirm” their application.
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