The Western Cape department’ of education (WCED) has announced that applications for grade 7 are open and are to close mid April.
The department says parents are responsible for applying on time for a place in a school for their child. “But the parents of 28003 grade7 learners currently attending school have not yet applied for a place in grade 8 next year” David Maynier, the minister of education in the province, said.
“We are making an urgent appeal to parents not to delay,” Maynier added.
He said the department has made it as easy as possible to apply and has made help available to parents who are not able to complete their applications online, so there is no reason not to apply on time.
There are still two weeks left to get applications in on time before the on-time admissions window closes on Tuesday,14April.
So far, the parents of 125063 children have already applied for a place in grade R, 1 or 8 next year.
Applications can be made online on the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) website: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/education/service/learner–admissions.
Parents who need assistance can bring their required documents to one of our pop-up admissions sites. Details of the locations of these pop-up sites are available on the WCED website. Parents can also visit their local education district office for assistance.
*NB: Admissions queries from the public should not be sent to this address. Please contact the WCED Call Centre on 0861 819 919.
