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Basic education

'Thousands and thousands of school placements will become available next week'

By Kabous le Roux

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Western Cape Education spokesperson, Bronagh Hammond.

  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: @DBE_SA/Twitter

    Motshekga: Dept exploring ways of returning schooling to normality amid pandemic

    Schools in inland provinces reopen on Wednesday, while pupils in the rest of the country go back to class from next week.

    217 days ago
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    FACT CHECK: 9 claims about SA schools by AfriForum’s Ernst Roets

    AfriForum’s head of policy and action Ernst Roets has rubbished the state of South African education. Africa Check sorted the wheat from the chaff in his claims.

    405 days ago
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    Early Childhood Development centres now fall under Dept of Basic Education

    Early Childhood Development centres have come under the spotlight with a surge in child abuse incidents, as well as centres that operate without registration and do not vet staff correctly.

    410 days ago
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    After COVID-19 budget cuts, education sector hopes for relief to resume projects

    Infrastructure projects to ensure water supply and safe sanitation at schools had to be halted as government made tough decisions due to COVID-19.

    540 days ago
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    CINDY POLUTA: Parents are tired. But we must accept that life sucks right now

    Perhaps we should be changing our mindsets altogether when it comes to living through a pandemic, writes Cindy Poluta.

    574 days ago
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    ANALYSIS: COVID-19 disruption may help lay firmer school maths foundation in SA

    Long breaks from school lead to learning loss, with maths scores being particularly badly affected - but a return to core concepts could be the answer to a pre-pandemic problem.

    729 days ago
  • FILE: Grade 7 pupils at a Western Cape primary school on 1 June 2020 sit in class after schools reopened following a national coronavirus lockdown, which started on 27 March 2020. Picture: @WCEDnews/Twitter.

    [LISTEN] Importance of DBE's amended directives for phased schools re-opening

    Equal Education Law Centre deputy director Robyn Beere says one of their concern has been provisions for special needs schools.

    782 days ago
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    ANALYSIS: COVID-19 exposes underbelly of SA’s education system

    The inequalities in South Africa's education are systematically being exposed at a scale not experienced before.

    812 days ago
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    'Phased-in resumption of school year workable, but stretching to July excessive'

    Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) executive director Basil Manuel points out this is still a document in discussion.

    849 days ago
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    Dept worried damage to schools will delay lockdown recovery plan in some areas

    The department said at least 402 schools across several provinces have been targeted by arsonists or were vandalised and burgled.

    851 days ago
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    Education Dept wants stationery made essential items during COVID-19 lockdown

    There are currently 2003 known COVID-19 infections in South Africa and 24 fatalities amid reports school holidays may be scrapped to recover lost time.

    857 days ago
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    Ramaphosa: We need to improve schools to match fourth industrial revolution

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country and its teachers needed to change the direction of secondary school education to develop relevant skills to match the fourth industrial revolution.

    1114 days ago
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    'Exorbitant' school uniform prices putting pressure on us, say parents

    Scores of parents lined up outside uniform and stationery shops for last minute preparations as the school year begins.

    1315 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga addresses Gauteng's top achieving matriculants of 2016 at a school in Daveyton on 5 January 2017. Picture: EWN

    [LISTEN] State of basic education in SA

    Talk Radio 702’s Eusebius McKaiser talks to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga regarding how the department plans to phase in history as a compulsory subject in schools.

    1534 days ago
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    DA raises concerns over provincial education budget cuts

    Minister Angie Motshekga revealed the budget cuts in a written parliamentary reply to DA Member of Parliament, Ian Ollis.

    1588 days ago
  • Education Minister Angie Motshekga is briefing the media on developments in the education sector. Picture: Hitekani Magwedze/EWN

    Motshekga says she has discouraged Dept’s move to appeal Overvaal ruling

    The High Court ruled that the school didn’t have space to admit 55 English-speaking pupils and that changing the school’s language policy was not lawful.

    1661 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Matric pass rate: A question of quantity or quality

    Education activist Guys Harris says that the matric pass rate has sacrificed quality for volume.

    1686 days ago
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    SA literacy rate: 'Parental support remains a crucial factor'

    The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study has ranked the country the worst on a global scale.

    1714 days ago
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