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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter 

Parents of pupils going for Form One next year that want boarding school places can now apply for e-enrolment.

In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, urged parents and guardians to submit applications starting today as as entries close on December 31. “The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will be running an electronic platform for enrolling Form One boarding places for 2020. Parents and guardians who wish to send their children to boarding schools are advised to start applying through the platform www.emap.co.zw with effect from Monday 4 November 2019 up to Tuesday 31 December 2019,” reads the statement.

The Ministry said parents and guardians could apply to a maximum of five schools.

A place, read the statement, would be offered randomly from any of the shortlisted schools.

“An applicant who has been offered a place at one school will not be eligible to apply or be considered for a place at any other school unless the offer is declined. Successful applicants will be notified through a short message service (SMS) by the respective school heads. Parents and guardians are however advised that there are limited boarding places,” reads the statement.

Government introduced the e-enrolment in 2016 to address corruption that was associated with enrolment of learners in boarding schools.

At the start of the e-enrolment system they were 24 000 boarding places countrywide.

The e-enrolment has in the past been marred with confusion as some applicants claimed that the website was always down.

Parents and guardians have also said the new system was inconvenient as it gives them little time to prepare for the opening of the schools. — @nqotshili