Calls for Gauteng to scrap online admissions system
PRETORIA - Frustrated parents are demanding that the Gauteng education department scrap the online admissions system for Grades 1 and 8.
While thousands of pupils begin the 2025 academic year, hundreds more are still without a seat in a classroom.
In Mamelodi, parents say they are spending hours in queues outside district offices with little to no assistance.
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The provincial education department insists those that are being assisted at district offices are late applications.
Senior reporter, Silindelo Masikane, filed this report.