{"id":47454,"date":"2024-01-12T14:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/thousands-yet-to-apply-as-the-western-cape-education-department-explore-all-available-options-20240109\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:01:16","slug":"thousands-yet-to-apply-as-the-western-cape-education-department-explore-all-available-options-20240109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/thousands-yet-to-apply-as-the-western-cape-education-department-explore-all-available-options-20240109\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands yet to apply as the Western Cape Education Department &#8216;explore all available options&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Western Cape Education Department is \u201cexploring all available options\u201d to find placement for thousands of learners yet to find placement for the 2024 academic year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In order to accommodate all learners who apply for the 2024 academic year, the WCED plans to build nine new school as well as 496 classrooms in areas of high demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thousands of learners are expected to apply during the first term of the new school year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>With a R716,4 million budget cut and schools at full capacity, the Western Cape Education Department is \u201cexploring all available options\u201d to find placement for thousands of learners yet to find placement for the 2024 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Monday 11 December last year, a total of 120 778 or 99,43% of learners for Grade 1 and 8 had received placement for the new school year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement Western Cape Minister of Education David Maynier said late applications continued to arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a department, we are asking parents to work with us as we try to accommodate their children as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to accommodate all learners who apply for the 2024 academic year, the WCED plans to build nine new school as well as 496 classrooms in areas of high demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn total, our revised plan aims to deliver 608 additional classrooms across the province, which is still more than double the average number built annually before 2022\/2023, despite the infrastructure budget cut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur officials and schools are working hard under extreme pressure to make sure that they find a place for every child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are leaving no stone unturned in our effort to place every learner, and we will continue to work to finalise placement for all remaining learners whose parents have already applied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maynier explained while parents were encouraged to apply during the admissions application window between Monday 13 March and Friday 14 April last year, thousands of learners are expected to apply during the first term of the new school year. \u201cWe provided pop-up sites across the province for parents to be assisted if they could not apply online. 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