Back to school 2020
LIVE BLOG: Some schools remain closed as they are not ready
Classrooms will again be filled with children in schools across the country as the first batch return on 8 June after months at home.
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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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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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Back to school: Bells ring for the first time in 2020
The start of the new school year is thrilling for many who will walk the school's corridors for the first time on Wednesday.
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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.
