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Christel House in Ottery, Cape Town, is one of the top 10 shortlisted schools for the prestigious World’s Best School Prize. Image: Pixabay

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Gauteng School Placement: How to Object and Appeal Offer

With more than 200 000 placements made at Gauteng Schools, not all placement offers will sit well with the parents/ guardians of the learners.

By Siso Naile
06-09-23 12:45
in Education
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Christel House in Ottery, Cape Town, is one of the top 10 shortlisted schools for the prestigious World’s Best School Prize. Image: Pixabay

More than 200 000 learners have received placement offers via their parents/ guardians for preferred Gauteng schools by the department for next year (2024).

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NOT EVERY PARENT IS HAPPY WITH GAUTENG SCHOOL OFFERS

However, not all will be satisfied with the offer from the department.

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Are you in such a predicament? Here is how you can Object or Appeal the offer:

“To allow a fair admissions process, provision is made for Objections and Appeals.”GDE

  • Applicants who are offered placement at schools that they have not applied to have the option to accept or decline the offer
  • To submit an objection, the parent declines the offer, and completes an electronic objection form online
  • Objections must be submitted within 7 days of receiving the offer
  • Note that when placement is offered at one of the schools that the parent applied to, objections and appeals are not applicable
  • All objections are investigated on merit and an outcome is provided within 14 days of submission
  • Applicants who decline the objection outcome may submit an appeal online within 7 days of receiving the objection outcome
  • Appeals are processed and responded to within 14 – 21 days of receipt
  • Parents must note that the Appeal outcome is final

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PLACEMENT PROCESS RECAP

  • Offers will be released to parents via SMS notification from 4 September 2023
    and throughout the year until all learners are placed
  • Placement offers must be accepted within 7 school days;
  • When a placement offer is received, applicant parents should log in to their profile on
    www.gdeadmissions.gov.za to accept the offer as final OR accept while awaiting other
    offers;
  • Parents may also visit District Offices OR schools for assistance to accept placement offers;
  • Applicants who do not accept placement offers within 7 school days will be auto-placed at
    the school that made an offer of placement;
  • It is important to note that placement is prioritised for applicants with verifiable home
    addresses within the school feeder zone and closest to the school and where space is
    available;
  • When schools reach full capacity, applicants will be offered placement offers from schools
    with available space.

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