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Motshekga: Schools shouldn't turn away migrant learners without proper documents
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has written to the African Diaspora Forum to re-assure the association after learners who don't have birth certificates were refused entry into schools, and others removed.
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Motshekga: More must be done to support educators to avoid absenteeism
On Monday, Motshekga released the 2017 school monitoring survey which found the number of teachers who are absent from school on a daily basis has increased from 8% to 10%.
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SA teacher absenteeism increases from 8 to 10% - 2017 survey
The number of teachers who are absent from school on a daily basis has increased from 8 to 10% since the last survey was conducted in 2011.
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Motshekga: Edu dept should focus on teaching, not infrastructure procurement
Basic Education is one of the departments that receive the biggest chunk of budget allocation from National Treasury.
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Moving ECD to Basic Education Dept was a necessary move, says Motshekga
During his State of the Nation Address on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that early childhood development will be moved to the Basic Education portfolio.
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Motshekga 'concerned' about SA's literacy rate
While Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga commended teachers for the strides they've made in addressing the problem, she says pupils need help at home.
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2019 matric pupils urged to stay focused
Pupils collected their matric results from their schools following Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s pass rate announcement.
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[WATCH] Communities urged not to disrupt schooling during protests
Announcing the 2018 matric results, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga urged communities to not disrupt schooling during service delivery protests as this affects the overall performances of students.
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[MUST READ] Minister Motshekga on 2018 matric results
The Basic Education Minister reported a pass rate of 78.2% for 2018, from 75.1% in 2017.
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Motshekga to announce matric 2018 pass rate on Thursday evening
The class of 2017 achieved a pass rate of 75.1%, up from 72.5% in 2016.
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Motshekga approves reappointment of task team to overhaul history curriculum
The department says this is to make the curriculum more Afrocentric and relevant to South African pupils.
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WC learners camp outside Parliament, demand Motshekga improve schools
The learners handed over a memorandum to parliamentary staff on Thursday imploring Minister Angie Motshekga to act on meeting the 2020 deadline of meeting the norms and standards targets.
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World Toilet Day: 'Motshekga must get rid of dangerous, unhygienic pit latrines'
Equal Education says the minister continues to refuse to deal with poor sanitation, especially in rural and township schools.
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Reiger Park school wants to move past sex scandal
The school’s former headmaster resigned in January after videos and pictures emerged of him having school sex with girls in his office.
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Motshekga 'concerned' about sexual misconduct cases in schools
Minister Angie Motshekga says she has been assured by the South African Council of Educators that it's doing everything possible to prevent similar abuses of power.
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'There will still be nearly 4,000 schools with pit latrines by end of 2018'
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga says a sanitation audit conducted in May and June revealed that 3,898 schools with pit latrines only will not be reached during this financial year.
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GED to probe videos showing teacher confrontations with students
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga believes their psycho-social support services need to be improved to identify problem children early.
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More videos of learner violence emerge
Angie Motshekga has announced she is going to urgently meet with her counterparts in the departments of police and social development.
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Motshekga: Real threat to pupils’ safety is from within schools
The minister announced that the Basic Education Department would urgently meet with the ministries of Police and Social Development to discuss violence at schools.
