At 9am‚ the Gauteng’s Online Schools Admission Programme was “80% ready”‚ and the province’s Education MEC Panyazi Lesufi said: “I am glad I took the decision to delay."
The two-hour delay caused frustration for many parents of prospective Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners who were desperate to find places at schools for their children on Tuesday.
The site was supposed to go live at 8am on Tuesday morning‚ after Lesufi assured media last week it would be ready‚ saying ”bring it“.
His spokesperson Oupa Bodibe vowed on Monday: “We will be ready to roll at 8am.”
This was despite governing body organisations expressing concern in at least five meetings that the system would not work.
Parents reported logging on to apply for places only to see an error message reading “Forbidden. Access is Denied.”
Lesufi took to Twitter to say the launch is being delayed while technicians “stress-test” the site.
He also said that he took the decision to delay the site going live four minutes before 8am at the data centre‚ and that the “team is preparing” a media release.
However‚ angry parents on Twitter have pointed out the site should have been stress-tested last week.
Lesufi tweeted: “I would rather delay than be sorry. This is the future of our children. My sincere apologies.”
The Federation of Governing Bodies of SA Schools has prepared court papers to get an urgent high court interdict blocking the system should it fail.
CEO Paul Colditz said the federation did not believe it would work because it crashed last week within an hour of going live.
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Parents angry as Gauteng’s online school registration delayed again
At 9am‚ the Gauteng’s Online Schools Admission Programme was “80% ready”‚ and the province’s Education MEC Panyazi Lesufi said: “I am glad I took the decision to delay."
The two-hour delay caused frustration for many parents of prospective Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners who were desperate to find places at schools for their children on Tuesday.
The site was supposed to go live at 8am on Tuesday morning‚ after Lesufi assured media last week it would be ready‚ saying ”bring it“.
His spokesperson Oupa Bodibe vowed on Monday: “We will be ready to roll at 8am.”
This was despite governing body organisations expressing concern in at least five meetings that the system would not work.
Parents reported logging on to apply for places only to see an error message reading “Forbidden. Access is Denied.”
Lesufi took to Twitter to say the launch is being delayed while technicians “stress-test” the site.
He also said that he took the decision to delay the site going live four minutes before 8am at the data centre‚ and that the “team is preparing” a media release.
However‚ angry parents on Twitter have pointed out the site should have been stress-tested last week.
Lesufi tweeted: “I would rather delay than be sorry. This is the future of our children. My sincere apologies.”
The Federation of Governing Bodies of SA Schools has prepared court papers to get an urgent high court interdict blocking the system should it fail.
CEO Paul Colditz said the federation did not believe it would work because it crashed last week within an hour of going live.
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