Over 165 000 GDE Online Admission Applications Captured On First Day
The 2023 Online Admissions System experienced a challenge with Google Maps when the application period for Grade 1 & 8 opened on Friday, 22 July 2022.
The GDE Online Admissions System was temporarily restricted by Google Maps due to reaching a maximum of 6000 requests per minute, which resulted in parents not being able to view and select schools when applying.
Subsequently, this challenge was effectively resolved within 30 minutes after the System opened at 08:00 AM, and parents were able to proceed with their applications.
As of Friday noon (12:00 PM), over 165 000 Grade 1 & 8 applications were successfully processed by the Online Admissions System.
The 2023 Online Admissions application period will continue until 19 August 2022. Parents and guardians are urged to either upload the certified copies of the required documents onto our system, or submit them at the schools they applied to within 7 school days.
Parents are also encouraged to visit our District Offices and Decentralised Walk-in Centres to be assisted with applying. For further assistance, applicants can call the GDE’s Contact Centre on 0800 000 789 or send a message on our WhatsApp 060 891 0361.
“We sincerely apologise to parents and guardians for the inconvenience they encountered when our System opened for applications. We thank our technicians for swiftly resolving the matter, which has led us to processing a massive amount of successful applications on the very first day,” said MEC Lesufi.
For more information, contact the Gauteng Department of Education’s Spokesperson, Steve Mabona on 072 574 3860.
