Lesufi sorry for online schools system mess
The Gauteng Department of Education yesterday apologised to parents angered by difficulties encountered during the online admission process.
MEC Panyaza Lesufi assured them the department was on top of the matter and blamed a technical glitch for plunging school admissions into chaos.
On Sunday, parents whose children had not been placed in schools for Grades 1 and 8 for the 2020 academic year turned up at district offices after receiving text messages to that effect.
The queues persisted yesterday with frustrated parents demanding answers from district officials. However, Lesufi said a message referring them to the district offices had been sent out erroneously. “Despite the mishap, we are quite convinced the matter is under control.
“We have the spaces, and we are going to negotiate with parents to place pupils at other schools. All this will be concluded by the end of November,” he said.
The MEC said the department was sorry for everything that happened.
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