GEORGE NEWS - If you want to be certain of your child's placement in Grade R, 1 and 8 at a school next year, now is the time to apply.
Applications open today. 11 March, and close on Tuesday 15 April.
In a media release on Monday, Kerry Mauchline, the spokesperson to Western Cape Education Minister David Maynier, said the department urges parents to apply timeously as early applications will help the provincial government to plan better for a place for your child next year.
Applications are to be submitted online, and documents will need to be scanned and uploaded to the online admissions system, which is zero-rated for data.
The admissions system, as well as background information and step-by-step guides on how to apply, are available here.
What do you need?
Parents will be required to submit the following certified supporting documents:
- Identification – any one of the following:
- Identity document (ID) or birth certificate of the learner
- Foreign learners: a passport or a copy of parent's refugee or asylum seeker permit on which the learner's name should appear
- If the learner has foreign parents but was born in South Africa: a handwritten birth certificate (DHA 19 form)
- If the learner was not born in South Africa: a passport or a refugee or asylum seeker permit issued in the learner's name
- Immunisation card or Road to Health chart – applicable to pre-primary and primary schools only
- Latest official school report or academic report
- Proof of residence, eg, rates account/lease agreement/an affidavit made at a police station confirming residence.
If any of these documents are unavailable, parents can submit a police affidavit indicating this in place of the missing document.
Parents will not need to drop off certified hard copies of the documents at the application stage.
They will only submit certified hard copies to the school once they have been offered, and have accepted, a place in a school.
Application assistance
The department is making in-person assistance available at 125 pop-up events at shopping malls and schools for parents who are not able to access the online system.
Parents can also receive assistance in person at their education district office or at the specific school to which they wish to apply.
Parents are required to bring all the abovementioned supporting documentation with them when seeking assistance in person.
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