GDE Systems Dismal Failure

I app**** on the GDE website for my daughter to do grade 1 in 2024. The GDE did not consider our application at our preferred school of choice, which is where she attends her grade r. Instead of considering to place my daughter at the 2nd or 3rd option schools, they placed her at a school that we did not apply for, a school I had never heard of before, Laerskool Jozua Naude in Roodepoort. The reviews about that school are bad - why would I consider taking my child there? Even the former students don't have good reviews.

I rejected the referral there, and they placed her there AGAIN, which I rejected too. But now the GDE has not responded to my appeal, I suppose to force my hand in taking my child to that school. Their system is very flawed and very inconsiderate.

The school I was applying to, is only 3km from my house, and 2.6km from my workplace. I do not understand why they are punishing my child like this.

I am very disgruntled as a parent. My child keeps asking where will she go for grade 1, but we do not know. The department of basic education, of Angie Motshekga and the Lesufi's of SA is letting our children down.