Back to school
Retreat group galvanises community to give back to needy learners
Five retreat residents have helped 150 needy school children with stationery and other school supplies.
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CARTOON: Back to school blues
Dr Jack & Curtis
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Back to school: Parents warned to be cautious when sharing children's pictures
Social media expert Emma Sadleir said one innocent picture could expose confidential information about your children.
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WC Education Dept working to place learners
She says pupil enrolment in the province has been growing at an average of 18,000 learners per year which is making provisioning difficult.
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'Panyaza Lesufi must go back to the old system' - disgruntled parents
Parents whose children are yet to be placed in schools across Gauteng are pleading with Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi to bring back the manual registration system. Parents who stood in long queues on Wednesday said their children were now bearing the burden of a failing system. #BackToSchool #PanyazaLesufi #Education
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More smiles than tears on the first day of school
South African schools opened for the academic year on 15 January 2020. At this school, there were more happy faces than the usual tears. #BackToSchool #Education #SouthAfrica
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Noordgesig community celebrates state-of-the-art school
A jovial mood prevailed at Noordgesig Primary where parents, pupils and community members attended the first day of attendance at the new school. #BackToSchool #Education #NoodgesigPrimary
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First day of school in WC went well - Schäfer
While thousands of learners started and returned to school on Wednesday, there were still pupils who had not been placed.
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GALLERY: No tears - 8 pictures of cuteness on the first day of school
Hundreds of thousands of pupils are heading to classrooms across South Africa for the first day of the 2020 school year.
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Gauteng parents demand scrapping of online school applications
One parent said the online application process had made life difficult and that the Gauteng Department of Education seemed to have tried to fix a system that was not broken.
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Bergville Primary School kicks off the academic year with a protest
Principal Aleem Abrahams, his teachers and parents have had enough of violence, substance abuse and poor school infrastructure.
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Lesufi anticipating high volume of late school placement applications
The Education Department had been struggling to place some pupils due to late registration, outstanding documents and other issues.
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WCED ready to welcome new and returning learners for 2020 academic year
More than 1.1 million learners start or return to schools in the province on Wednesday.
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Last-minute back-to-school shopping has parents fuming at Education Dept
Many of the parents said that they only received confirmation from the Education Department on where their children had been placed on Tuesday morning.
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99.2% of placement applicants will be in class on first day of school - Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has urged parents who have not accepted their placement offers to do so by midnight. The department says it will open late registrations on 15 January and Lesufi anticipates a high volume of late applications. Late registration will close on 25 January.
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R500 for school supplies if you shop just right
Parents shopping for school supplies ahead of the 2020 school year say they've had to sacrifice to make sure their children get everything they need for school. EWN took our own list to see how much it would cost a grade 2 parent if we used specials, stayed away from brands and bought basic supplies only. #BackToSchool #Shopping #Parents
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[WATCH] 'I'm going to be a lifesaver': #BackToSchool for private school pupils
It’s the first day of school for pupils at private schools. EWN spoke to pupils at the Redhill School in Sandton, as their academic year gets underway.
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Lesufi: 'Unplaced Gauteng learners will be at school by end of January'
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says the backlog is as a result of parents not submitting their applications on time.
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Gauteng Education Dept gets 7,000 new applicants in 24 hours
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says out of the 24,000 grade one and eight pupils who had not been placed in the province, 11,000 are now in class.
