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MEC for Education, Mr Zolile Monakali
Acting Head of Department, Mr Sandile Beuzana
Senior Managers of the Department
Members of the public tuned in through the various platforms
Members of the media
Ladies and gentlemen

We have deemed it necessary to convene this media briefing to declare that the Northern Cape Department of Education is ready to administer the 2020 National Senior Certificate Examinations. As of now it’s all systems go.

Last year, the Northern Cape achieved a pass rate of 76, 5%, an increase of 3, 2% from 73, 3 % in 2019. The Class of 2020 has an enormous task ahead of them, to ensure that they further improve on last year’s pass percentage and surpass the national average of 81%.

Support to the Class of 2020

It goes without saying that this year was a very difficult and abnormal school year as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lock-down has disrupted the lives of learners in different ways, not only on a personal level, but also the extent to which they have completed the curriculum.

The Department of Education has had various interventions with the sole aim of ensuring that our schools and learners get the maximum support with a strong emphasis on progressed and borderline learners.

Amongst those interventions were the following programmes:

• Curriculum Roadshow and Subject Clinics;
• Radio Broadcasts of lessons, Whatsapp groups, Online and Offline Content Applications and  Woza TV Broadcasts,
• Saturday classes, Weekend Lock-In Sessions and Psycho-social support;
• Differentiated Content Support by Subject Advisors for problematic and high enrolment subjects;
• Provisioning of Additional Learning Support Material; and
• Extended Spring Schools for approximately 8000 learners.

The state of readiness for the 2020 NSC examination

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted on our June mid-year examination which could not sit. As a result, all candidates will be accommodated in the final year-end 2020 National Senior Certificate Examination. The Department revised and strengthened the COVID-19 protocols that will apply to all examination processes. Strict compliance with COVID-19 regulations and guidelines is therefore guaranteed at all examination and marking centres.

In as far as further State of Readiness is concerned; allow me to put the following 8 key points forward:

1. The conduct of the examination
   The examination for all candidates will commence on 5 November 2020 (English) and conclude on 15 December 2020 (Visual Arts and Agricultural Management Practices). 
2. Registration of examination centres
   All exam centres have been audited by provincial and district officials, based on a national instrument. The Northern Cape has registered 177 National Senior Certificate examination writing centres.
3. Registration of candidates
   The 2020 National Senior Certificate registration has been completed. We have registered a total of 23 928 candidates, of which 12 049 are 2020 NSC full time candidates, 4 528 candidates include the 2019 National Senior Certificate Multiple Examination Opportunity candidates completing their matric; candidates who could not sit for the 2019 NSC due to valid reasons such as ill health and those who are improving subjects. The total number of part time and Senior Certificate candidates are 7 351.
   It should be noted that for this exam no candidate will have the option to make use of the Multiple Examination Opportunity. This simply means that all candidates will sit for all their subjects during the 2020 National Senior Certificate Examinations.
   If a candidate is unable to write all their subjects due to illness, COVID-19 infection or any other reason, they will be able to write those subject/s during next year’s May/June mid-year examinations. It also means, that their results will not form part of the final 2020 NSC Examination results. The same applies to the results of part-time and Senior Certificate candidates, which will not form part of the overall NSC results of 2020.
4. Integrity management
   The Province leaves no stone unturned in ensuring that examination irregularities are prevented especially acts of dishonesty and possession of unauthorised electronic devices like cell phones.  A total of 150 Chief Invigilators were appointed and trained to strengthen our efforts to eradicate examination irregularities for the 2020 NSC examination.
5. Printing, packaging and distribution
   All 125 papers are set by Department of Basic Education panels. Packing, boxing and distribution of question papers are done per district, per school, per paper. Security measures are brought in to track each and every question paper printed.
   The Province is confident that all candidates will receive question papers on time, on the day of writing.
6. Selection of markers
   A thorough process was conducted to ensure that quality marking of answer scripts will take place. The required marker personnel were appointed as follows:
   • 1052 Markers
   • 217 Senior Markers
   • 97 Chief Markers
   • 28 Deputy Markers
   • 97 Internal Moderators
   • 3 Data Capturing Supervisors
   • 4 Centre Managers
   • 8 Deputy Centre Managers
   • 200 Examination Assistants
7. Commencement and completion of marking
   We have increased the marking centres to 4 centres to make provision for 1 691 marking personnel and to comply with Covd-19 protocols. The marking centres will open on 4 January 2020 and answer scripts and question papers will be delivered to marking centres. The capturing of marks will take place up to the 14th of January 2020.
8. Release of results
   The National Minister of Basic Education will have a press conference on the 22nd of February 2021 to release the national results.
   The Northern Cape will release our provincial results on 23rd of February 2021, which will be followed by the Matric Awards.

Conclusion
We are confident that the Department of Education with the full support of the Provincial Government has during these extremely trying times, done our level best to equip each and every willing candidate to sit down for what could well be the most important examination they will ever write.

It is also important to understand that the matric examinations not only impacts on the registered candidates, but is a partnership between Government, the parents, family and the community as a whole. This partnership spanned over 12 years and we have reached the last chapter of their schooling career. Now they will sit alone for the examinations, but they will do so with our full support and well wishes.

We call on parents and family to give the class of 2020 all the support, guidance and patience they need to transition from school to adulthood.

We call upon the class of 2020 to conduct themselves ethically and professionally when they sit for their exams. They have signed an oath to do so and we trust they will uphold this oath and pledge.

We are confident that the Class of 2020 will do the Northern Cape proud.

I thank you.

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MEC for COGHSTA, Mr Bentley Vass
Senior Government Officials
Members of the Media
Ladies and gentlemen

Municipalities are constitutional bodies that are empowered to deliver basic services to the communities they serve. The sphere of local governance derives its mandate from the Constitution which places communities at the apex of development. Municipalities are the closest form of governance to the people; this proximity is strategic for the sole purpose of ensuring that the communities have access to basic service delivery namely running water, provision of electricity, refuse removal and sanitation. 

Over the past years, the Renosterberg Local Municipality has been plagued with political and administrative challenges and failing to fulfil the prescripts of Chapter 7 as enshrined in Section 152 of the Constitution. This failure has not only robbed the downtrodden, destitute and disadvantaged communities within the municipality of basic services but has been a disservice to the entire community residing in the municipal area.

Intervention efforts made by the Departments of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA), Provincial Treasury and the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality and the respective MECs to monitor and provide support to Renosterberg local municipality did not bear much fruit.

The Municipal Council has also failed to implement and support the National Treasury discretionary Financial Recovery Plan that commenced in 2018 and was on-going until November 2019;
 
The governance, administrative and financial challenges observed at the municipality resulted in the Municipal Council failing to fulfil its executive, statutory and financial obligations and/or to meet its financial commitments in relation to:

• The Organisation of the Administration of the municipality in terms of section 51 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 and Regulation;
• The provision of uninterrupted electricity services to the communities of van der Kloof and Keurtjiekloof in terms of the Electricity Regulations Act, 4 of 2006; and
• The provision of effective and efficient oversight in the administration and management of the financial affairs of the municipality through proper and diligent financial accountability and compliance with the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 56 of 2003 and Regulation.

In addition the municipality also vehemently refused to cooperate, accept support and subject itself to monitoring by the other two arms of government namely National Treasury, and the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.

Further to that the Municipal Council was persistently failing to fulfil its executive obligations and statutory obligations by:

1. Taking uninformed, irregular and/or unlawful decisions on its own and/or without being properly advised by the municipal manager to its own detriment, that of the community, prejudicial to the municipality, interest of other municipalities and to the province as a whole; and
2. At all times did not act in the best interest of the municipality and in such a way that the credibility and integrity of the municipality are not compromised.

The unfortunate sequence of events at Renosterberg Local Municipality have been unfolding at the expense of the people, robbing communities of basic service delivery. It is in this context that the dissolution of the Municipal Council of Renosterberg local municipality in terms of section 139(1) (c) and 139(5) (c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 is being effected.

Following this dissolution, a Financial Recovery Plan in terms of sections 139(5) (a) of the Constitution must be imposed at Renosterberg local municipality.

The Provincial Executive Council has also directed the MEC for COGHSTA in terms of sections 139(5) (b) (i) of the Constitution to appoint an Administrator at Renosterberg local municipality until a new Municipal Council has been declared elected. The MEC must also facilitate the election of the New Municipal Council and to designate the Administrator to undertake all the necessary measures to convene the first meeting after the Municipal Council has been declared elected. The Provincial Executive has also further authorised the MECs for CoGHSTA and Finance to conclude all other necessary formalities related to the intervention.

As this Administration we are determined to improve the lives of the people by taking bold yet informed steps and creating conducive conditions for our people to not only prosper but to be their own champions as we build a prosperous society. The people of Renosterberg deserve much better and we dare not fail in according them their constitutional rights.

The dissolution of Renosterberg Local Municipality is intended to tilt the balance of progress by instilling ethical and upright leadership befitting the honour of our people. The Provincial Executive is of the firm view that with the dissolution, not only will the Renosterberg Municipality be set on a developmental path but improving the governance in the municipality will also assist us to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Members of the Executive Council

Heads of Department

Ladies and gentlemen

The Provincial Command Council sat for its bi-weekly meeting recently and reflected on lockdown level 2 and our progress made in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The move from Alert level 3 to Alert level 2 of the National lockdown with effect from about mid-August 2020 has resulted in the relaxation of a number of restrictions on some of the socio-economic activities. We welcome this move as the further opening of the tourism and hospitality sector will enable job creation and growing the economy.

As Government we are continuously mindful of the ‘second wave’ of infections experienced by other countries and therefore we are still working tirelessly with our Districts and civil society to ensure that this does not happen. We can only achieve this with the cooperation of each and every citizen of this growing province. Regrettably we have observed with shock and disappointment the reckless behaviour of some of our citizens since the easing of the Lockdown regulations. This recklessness and stubborn ignorance goes against all the achievements we have recorded and I appeal to everyone to take responsibility for your own health and that of others. We can only overcome if we all work together and share and also buy into the efforts of containing the spread of the Virus.

It is noted that the number of people testing positive each day continues on an upward trajectory, averaging 150-250 new case each day. This is expected to continue until we reach the peak during September. The South African Covid-19 Modeling Consortium had previously projected that by the 6th of September The Province will have 11 929 cases - the actual total reported cases was 11 914 which shows a close correlation with the modeling. We are hopeful that once we reach the peak, the number of new positives will start to fall away until early December when we should have very few new positive cases each day.

During a pandemic of this type, the surge towards a peak and the falling off afterwards is inevitable. But the actual number of people who get infected each day is not inevitable and can be reduced. This remains in our hands and requires increasing vigilance in observing all health and safety protocols in terms of social distancing, wearing of face masks, and regular hand washing or sanitizing.

During the surge the Hospitals will limit all surgical and other admissions to urgent and emergency care and we therefore appeal to the public to assist us with this. We remain confident that we have enough bed capacity in the province for all patients who need to be admitted with COVID-19 complications.

As at 8th September the Province had a total of 12 222 cases, with a total recovery of 8 956 cases and 3 114 active cases. Regrettably 150 people have succumbed to the virus and we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the bereaved.

By the 8th September a total number of 86 672 people had been tested and 2 977 526 screenings had been done, including repeat screenings, as we continue to wage war against this pandemic.

Government will continue to use screening not simply for screening but also to constantly educate our people about which symptoms to look for and where to seek medical assistance.

The Province notes that a total number of 454 Health Care workers have tested positive so far, of which 352 have recovered Unfortunately 9 of our Health Department personnel have lost their lives to the pandemic.

Of concern also is the number of about 542 infections amongst SAPS officials, with 217 recoveries and a total number of 9 deaths. We reserve our sincerest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones and thank them for being at the frontline of the fight against Covid-19. These frontline members lost their lives whilst fighting an invisible enemy and deserve our respect and we regret the loss of life.

As we continue to wage war against this pandemic, we will continue to provide our frontline workers with key Personal Protective Equipment. Over the past few months, contributions from our social partners made the provision of this much-needed equipment possible. One such contribution was through the shared value approach by the Mines, where mines in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District and the SIOC-cdt joined to assist the Provincial Government with a contribution of R100 million in kind towards the fight in Covid-19. It should be noted that this contribution was non-financial and was made in the form of Personal Protective Equipment, Medical equipment and water infrastructure that will be utilized in the healthcare facilities in the JTG District. We are very grateful for this donation that goes a long way in our fight against the pandemic. We can give the reassurance that we have enough PPE in all our healthcare facilities.

I am pleased to announce that we have welcomed back all the grades to our schools in August and I can report that as a Provincial Government supported by the Provincial Command Council we are pleased with the manner in which our education system handled the return of all grades to school. The members of the Provincial Command Council conducted visits to several schools across the Province to ensure that all health and hygiene protocols are in place and that learning and teaching can take place in a safe environment. The Department of Education has ensured that all schools were supplied with the appropriate PPE and Hygiene packs.

The Department appointed 645 Cleaners in substantive vacant posts in schools. A total of 2,100 Screeners were appointed in schools through the EPWP Incentive Grant to ensure that all learners, educators and support staff are screened daily. All schools were disinfected prior to the re-opening of schools and all School Management Teams, educators and learners were taken through COVID-19 orientation processes. All Cleaners and Screeners were trained on Covid-19 protocols with the assistance of the Department of Health.

As an added precautionary measure we ensured that schools are linked to the nearest clinic to respond to emergencies in double time should such be required. The Department of Education also partnered with the Department of Social Development to extend the services of Social workers to schools to address the psychosocial challenges relating to Lockdown and COVID19. Schools implemented differentiated timetables to ensure reduced numbers of learners on the schools premises daily and have staggered the breaks to ensure social distancing is maintained at all times.

All schools were issued with the Standard Operating Procedures to address all COVID-19 related matters.  When schools report positive cases, the schools are properly decontaminated with disinfectant in line with the Standard Operating Procedures. Through the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), the Department of Education continues to provide daily nutritious meal to 267 427 learners. Worth noting is that this programme provided more then 70 000 learners with daily food packs during the lockdown. This goes a long way in improving and boosting the children’s immune system and affords them a greater chance of avoiding contracting COVID-19.

A partnership has been established comprising our Department of Education, the University of Stellenbosch and the Department of Science and Innovation, to provide laptops to 40 Grade 12 Top-Achieving Mathematics and Science learners and 40 tablets to Grade 11 Top-Achieving Mathematics and Science learners.

These devices will be loaded monthly with a 10gig of day-time data and a 20gig of night-time data in order for learners to access the virtual platforms of curriculum material. The University of Stellenbosch is also broadcasting real-time lessons to these devices and providing videos on all the content of Mathematics and Physical Sciences to these learners.

The Northern Cape Department of Education received a total of 2044 applications from educators with co-morbidities. To date 1110 applications were approved for educators to work from home. The profiles of these educators are spread across the curriculum and cover a wide range of subjects. The Department is taking into consideration the need to accommodate the teachers with co-morbidities in critical subjects and the fact that all grades have returned to schools resulting in a large shortfall of teachers. However, given the huge cost implications linked to substitute educators, the sector is exploring the idea of appointing Education Assistants to assist teachers who received approval to work from home. The Assistants will be paid a stipend not a full salary.

On the readiness of Early Childhood Centres I can report that an assessment has been conducted to determine the state of readiness of each ECD based on the Guidelines issued by the Minister.  R 4, 4 million has been set aside for the procurement of PPEs for ECDs. This process is currently underway and will be closely monitored to ensure transparency and compliance. All private funded ECDs are currently open accounting for +/- 5 000 children. The Department is currently working with the Government-funded ECDs in terms of readiness to open and once the procurement process has been finalized they will be to about 15 000 children.

In terms of Food Security, the Department of Social Development has 143 Feeding Scheme Projects, to date 81 facilities have been approved for funding with the remaining 62 to be approved in the next two weeks based on readiness assessments currently being conducted by the Department in partnership with local municipalities. All 143 of these projects will be trained during next week in terms of safety protocols. Tender issued for PPEs have been published and we are inviting people to apply for them. We are therefore anticipating opening by end of October. An amount of R20 million has been set aside for food provision in areas where the Department currently has no footprint in terms of food provision.

Now that we have moved to lockdown Level 2, the South African Police Service will continue to ensure that the Disaster Regulations are adhered to, particularly compliance by liquor traders as it relates to trading hours and also compliance with the curfew.

Zero tolerance has been adopted in the province as part of fighting gender based violence and all efforts will be employed to ensure that our women and children are safe. Although we have noticed a decrease in Gender Based Violence from 2019 to 2020 as reported in our Crime Statistics, Gender Based Violence cannot be tolerated and we call on our communities to assist us in this fight by speaking out against the occurrence of such cases.

We have noted recent reports in the media and outcries from the public alleging fraud and corruption in the procurement process of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). To address these allegations of corruption in the procurement of all COVID-19 material, we have taken the initiative to publish a comprehensive list of all companies awarded contract to supply PPEs since the outbreak. We have however gone a step further and set up a committee at Treasury to speed up the work of the internal audit around these procurements, look at matters such as verification of the status of service providers, pricing and to look at remedial action on issues raised by the Auditor General. This is to ensure that there is complete transparency around this process and as pointed out before; where we pick up discrepancies or elements of misconduct or criminality, such information will be referred to law enforcement agencies and state money will be recovered from those individuals. This committee is meeting this afternoon to develop their operational and implementation plans. It is anticipated that this process will commence this coming Monday and conclude its work in a month’s time.

We have noted in the AG’s report that the prices were escalated by 12% more than what was prescribed. According to National Treasury’s norm a variance of 10% based on locality is allowed. This then means that our variance is only 2% above, which is the least as compared to other provinces.

Table (See addendum)

In a matter totally unrelated to Covid-19 procurement but I thought that I should also reflect on as per my commitment of total transparency; is the subject of alleged irregular payments by the Head of Department of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for the cancelled Human Rights day event. When the matter was raised by NEHAWU last week in a national strike, I immediately sort a report to familiarize myself with the details around the allegation. This year would have seen us host the National Human Rights day event in Colesberg. As per the norm with these events companies were invited to submit quotations for the successful rollout of the event. Only one company submitted a quotation for the event and an order was issued based on the value of R 4 million that was committed by the National Department of Sport, Arts and Culture with the Province having to cover an amount of R 265 650-00 for the payment of volunteers that were responsible for mobilizing. Covid-19 then struck and on the 13th March the service provider was requested to halt all procurement, whilst awaiting the announcement that was made by the President on the 15th March that specifically National Human Rights Day had to be cancelled to avoid an outbreak of Covid-19, given the large crowds that would be present at the event.

The service providers then indicated expenses incurred on their part, given that work had already unfolded in preparation for the event and this case was presented to National DSAC. After thorough assessment it was then agreed that the volunteers would be paid, who still needed to do work to inform members of the public of the cancelled event. Two payments were thus made to the events company i.e R 265 650-00 on the 23rd March 2020 and an amount of R 1, 065 million on the 12th May 2020 based on bank statements provided by the service provider. Further investigations will be made in this regard to ensure that money paid was for actual expenses.

I conclude with the commitment that the Provincial Command Council remains as resolute as ever to doubling our efforts in ensuring that we contain infections and save lives. We once more call on residents to note that although lockdown levels are relaxed, the virus is still part of us and very alive and people should continue to wear their masks, practice social distancing and continue to wash hands with water and soap or use an alcohol based hand sanitizer. It becomes increasingly important for citizens to play their part to protect themselves and others against Coronavirus

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Acting MEC for Education, Mrs Nontobeko Vilakazi
Senior Management of the Department
Member of the public tuned in through the various platforms
Members of the media
Ladies and gentlemen

I stand here today with mixed emotions as we are about to launch this online system. I feel greatly honoured and happy to launch this online system as per our commitment. Sad in a sense that the late MEC Jack is not here to share this milestone achievement with us and knowing how passionate he was about improving our Education system. Such an improvement starts with making our application system as smooth and effortless as possible. We do this launch in his honour and as a tribute to his memory.

As this new Administration we articulated a vision of building a Modern, Growing and Successful Province. Modern is a province that keeps pace with technology and it’s at the cutting edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). I also made the undertaking that there will be two immediate and important focus areas for this Administration, mainly in the areas of health and education, as these two Departments take up the bulk of the Provincial budget. These will be the critical areas of this government where we need to make changes and turn the situation around for the benefit of the people of the Province in general and the youth in particular. Today we are here to set the Department on a new growth and development path and I want to commend the Department of Education for moving with speed in implementing one of our 2019 SOPA commitments – to create an online application system for our learners.

Since we made that commitment, a coordinating structure was put in place led by the late MEC himself that conducted various fact finding visits to other provinces that had already implemented such a system. The launch today of this online admission system is not only at the centre of creating an admission system that will be without glitches but it also sets the tone and adds to our vision of creating that a government that keeps pace with technology. This initiative also ties in with the Department of Education’s re-aligned strategic focus, which is, "Building the Elements of Capacity for Momentum towards a Modern, Growing and Successful Education System in the Northern Cape”.

The launch of this system comes at an opportune time, when we as Government observe Public Service Month, which is held every September to promote a culture of pride and ethics in the public service and improvements in all facets of service delivery. It’s the public service ethics that should guide our conduct not to steal and loot what is meant for the people. We must fight corruption and looting in all its manifestations. In just less than a year we saved this administration millions because of concerted efforts to stop wastage. The people who have been benefiting from this wastage and corruption are cornered and are on a push back using lies and a gullible journalist to attack us. Not a single one of us shall be deterred and threatened through lies and slander. Now we shall intensify this justified fight against plunder and looting of public resources.

This system forms the basis for the provision of services to all communities with dignity and parents don’t have to spend nights queuing to get their children registered at a school. We are pleased to announce that the online admission system eliminates possible delays of over a 1000 applications per year. This implies not only a dignified service but also an efficient system and for that we reassure our society that we are a government that cares about your dignity.

Last week I had the opportunity to motivate the Grade 12 learners at a camp in Van Der Kloof Resort where I reminded the learners that education is the greatest equalizer in society. This implies that if we are to realise the objectives of a Modern, Growing and Successful Province, we must create an accessible education system.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are particularly mindful of the fact that our communities do not all have the same access to internet and related service. As a response to this challenge, we have in the interim directed that there must be walk in centres where parents will be assisted. Currently there are 199 walk in centres across all 5 Districts in the Province.

Allow me to also remind parents that the system also requires some cooperation from their side. In this regard, there is a circular which has been issued by the Department of Education and a copy of this Circular is available at all schools. We want to make an appeal to parents to take note that the success of your application will be determined by the following criteria:

1. Applicants being the learners that already have a sibling attending the school of application (sibling means a learner who has at least one parent who is also the parent of the learner already attending that school and he or she resides in the same household as that child already attending the school);
2. If the learners have a parent/ guardian working (an employee) at the school applied to;
3. If the place of residence of the applicant is in the same suburb with the school applied to;
4. If the place of residence (residential suburb) of the applicant learner(s) is adjacent (immediately next to) to the suburbs of the school applied to;
5. If spaces remain after all the above-mentioned applicants have been admitted; other applicants in the order of the position will be considered.

It is important for parents to make an effort to understand the admission criteria before the system officially opens on the 14th of September 2020 in order to avoid unnecessary appeals and delays on the system at the beginning of the year. I must highlight that the delays and the appeals have a tendency to be disruptive on the ability of the schools to effect learning and teaching on the first day of schooling.

For communities that do not have access to digital media, the Department will be distributing information sheets giving details of the online admission system at all 199 identified walk-in centres. Parents can also obtain all the relevant information regarding the Online Admission System from their nearest school.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now have a physical demonstration of the system so that we can all see how easy the application can be done.

The system does require some basic information to be provided and parents who opt for the walk-in system must always remember the required documents, which will be detailed by the officials later. This is important to avoid being sent home because of incomplete information.

The Northern Cape Department of Education will be going online with the 2021 learner admissions from 14-30 September 2020 for all Grades. Parents must log on to the Northern Cape Department of Education’s Online Learner Admissions website at www.ncdoeadmissions.org to complete the application process which is made up of 3 steps, (1) Parent/ guardian registration (2) Learner profiling and (3) Application.

As we launch this system today, our core message to the people of this Province is to work with us to make the vision of a modern, growing and successful Province a reality. The Northern Cape of today cannot be the same in five and ten years from now. We therefore call on communities and businesses to work with the Department of Education to make this system as success.

Thank you
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