Gauteng Education receives over 8,000 online applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 for 2027 [SOUND]

# The Gauteng Department of Education has recorded 805-thousand-688 online applications for Grades 1 and 8 for the 2027 academic year. A total of 357-thousand-468 parents and guardians registered on the online admissions system. At Grade 1 level, Laerskool Akasia received the most applications with one-thousand-355, while Hoërskool Langenhoven in Tshwane recorded the most applications for Grade 8 level, with three-thousand-462. Education MEC Lebogang Maile says learners must be distributed logically and equitably across the public schooling system: