Over 400 learners from five Gauteng primary schools will participate in a week-long Adventures in Aviation programme.

The provincial education department finalises the majority of placements for grade one and eight applicants whose parents submitted online applications.

The provincial education department must still find schools for nearly 55 000 learners whose parents submitted online applications.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation plans to introduce an online system to allow the public to secure bookings at vehicle driving licensing centres.

Despite on-going struggles to place learners timeously, the provincial education department remains resolute that its online application system is the way to go.

The provincial education department opens an engineering school of specialisation with a focus on aviation.

The Gauteng Department of Education will spend R700 million to roll out its e-learning and paperless classroom initiative for grade tens this financial year.

The Gauteng education department promises to make the online admissions experience problem-free, after some parents encountered hiccups with the registration portal.

The Gauteng education department urges parents and guardians to prepare to submit applications for learners' school placement via its admissions Web site.

The ANC resolves to invest in a paperless classroom system for all South African schools.

The Basic Education Lekgotla calls for an increase in the number of schools that offer critical skills such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Day one of the 2018 school year turns sour as the education department fails to place more than 29 000 grade one and eight learners.