Since 2015, the Gauteng department of education (GDE) has been using its online admissions application system to help parents ...

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane urges parents to complete all five application steps for Grade 1 and 8 admissions, which open on 24 July 2025. Photo: Caxton Local Media. The Gauteng Department ...

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane urges parents to complete all five application steps for Grade 1 and 8 admissions, which open on 24 July 2025. Photo: Caxton Local Media. The Gauteng Department ...

Education MEC Matome Chiloane said the online application portal opens this Thursday and will remain open until the 29th of August. Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane. Picture: X/@EducationGP1 ...

Parents have submitted over 600 000 successful applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 placements across Gauteng just two weeks after the 2026 Online Admissions system opened. Education MEC Matome ...

With schools across South Africa set to reopen on Wednesday, 14 January, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is under ...

More than 600,000 successful applications were recorded during the 2026 online admissions application period for grade 1 and grade 8. This milestone was reached on Tuesday, just less than two weeks ...

The department said the outstanding number represents just 1.5% of the 358,574 complete applications received for the 2026 ...

JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has officially opened the online application system for grades 1 and 8. The department said there were more than 40,000 parents who are already in ...

Parents are already questioning how user-friendly the system is, with many households still not having access to computers, tablets or internet.

The Education Department is not expecting any difficulties this year, as its systems have been upgraded to handle more traffic. Gauteng Education Department spokesperson, Steve Mabona urges parents to ...