Cape Town – The Western Cape Education Department has maintained (WCED) that its online application portal was effective, as a parent whose child is supposed to start grade 1 next year has ...

As the deadline for online application for the 2023 academic year closed at midnight on Friday, the ANC said it would go to court if need be as 17 unplaced Grade 8 pupils were still without a school.

WCED urges parents not to miss online application deadline for grade R, 1 & 8 placements The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is appealing to parents to apply before the online admissions ...

The WCED appeals to all parents and caregivers who have not yet applied for Grade 1 and Grade 8 for the 2025 school year, to do so immediately. They can contact their district office or call 0861 ...

"As of 28 March 2025, we have already received Grade R, 1 or 8 applications for 116,466 learners, and we thank their parents for making sure that they have applied on time," noted the WCED.

The Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) attempt to have ex-principal Wesley Neumann’s review application struck from the court roll has failed. This is after Labour Court Judge Robert ...

The online admissions window closes on 15 April. More than 33,000 grade 7s still need to apply to high schools. The department said that to date, 116,000 learners have applied for grades R, 1, and ...

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is urging parents of children in Grade 7 to apply for a place in Grade 8 as over 33,000 learners currently in Grade 7 in the Western Cape have not yet ...