Pupil placement
WCED aims to place all pupils by beginning of schools second term
Education MEC Debbie Schäfer said they had a number of plans for the second term, including 129 mobile classrooms and additional teaching posts.
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WCED races to place over 1,700 pupils in schools before start of 2nd term
Schools in the province that received additional teaching posts have agreed to accommodate learners in alternative spaces, like the school hall or laboratory until the classrooms were constructed.
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Parents will soon be able to appeal pupil placement, says GED MEC Lesufi
Lesufi said that some parents who were not happy with where their children had been admitted would be given a chance to appeal.
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Lesufi confident pupil placement going well, despite weekend bungle
On Sunday, parents whose children had not been placed were notified by SMS to come to district offices but Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesuf said it was sent prematurely.
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Lesufi vows to find placement for 3,000 pupils before February ends
The number of unplaced grade 1 and 8 pupils has come down from around 28,000 at the start of the 2018 academic year.
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Excitement, nerves on first day of school in Gauteng
MEC Panyaza Lesufi says more than 2,000 pupils who had not been registered have been placed over the past few days.
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WC Education yet to place over 2,000 learners
The department’s Jessica Shelver says officials have been able to accommodate most of the learners.
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Number of unplaced pupils decreases in Gauteng
The department says it's working to ensure that these pupils are in a classroom by the end of the week.
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Panyaza praises dept for reducing school placement numbers
MEC Panyaza Lesufi says as of Tuesday, 3900 grade 1 pupils and 3,000 grade 8s who applied online were still without schools.
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GDE to speed up placements as thousands of pupils still without schools
Many grade one and eight pupils are still hoping to be allocated a school in the province.
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GDE behind target to relieve pupil placement challenge
The dept says with plans to build a school monthly, it's cautiously optimistic about the prospect of a smooth placement process.
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Back to school: Parents frustrated with placement process, demand answers
Parents are demanding answers from the department, claiming they applied on time for their children in grades one & eight.
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Minority of WC pupils still not placed
A small percentage of the more than one million school-going children have not been placed.
