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Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

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KZN floods has exacerbated COVID's impact on education - child rights group

By Lauren Isaacs

Save the Children South Africa's Yani Horn said they're gravely concerned about the wellbeing and safety of children in the disaster-stricken region.

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    DBE sends condolences to families of 9 children killed in taxi accident

    The Basic Education Department has sent its condolences to the families of nine Mpumalanga pupils who were killed when the taxi they were travelling in overturned.

    90 days ago
  • Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    DBE employee hospitalised after being assaulted by protestors in Tshwane

    An employee from the Department of Basic Education had to be hospitalised after protesters stormed its offices in Tshwane.

    93 days ago
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    Bloekombos community hoping for more schools to deal with overcrowding

    With pupils officially back at school, full-time, the need to build more schools in Kraaifontein in the Western Cape has become more urgent.

    100 days ago
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    SAHRC welcomes scrapping of rotational learning

    The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said that rotational learning had been harmful to learners, affecting their cognitive abilities, disrupting the national school nutrition programme and taking a toll on their mental wellbeing.

    106 days ago
  • For many children from poor households, it will be difficult to re-budget for the extra costs involved in full-time learning. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Full-time return to school raises concerns of economic impact on poor households

    For many children from poor households, it will be difficult to re-budget for the extra costs involved in full-time learning.

    107 days ago
  • FILE: Recent data has revealed that children are falling behind with the same syllabus covered before the COVID-19 pandemic. Picture: 123rf.com

    Rotational learning could lead to higher dropout rate - dept

    Grade 3 and 4 pupils were monitored and those learning in their home language are 18 months behind compared to children their age pre-pandemic.

    108 days ago
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    Rotational learning contributing to high dropout rates - Basic Education Dept

    The department said that around 46,000 pupils did not re-enroll in schools in 2021 but there is no data yet on how many have re-enrolled this year.

    108 days ago
  • Education vs Survival: SA’s youth struggle to stay in school

    COVID-19 has not been kind to young South Africans as we see more of them dropping out of school. Eyewitness News spoke to some of them and spoke to experts to explain why this is happening. #SchoolDropout #Education

    108 days ago
  • Many teenagers dropped out for financial reasons, others lost their parents to COVID-19 while a large number of girls had to leave the classroom after being impregnated. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    School dropouts open up on tough choice between survival and education

    Young South Africans who dropped out of school during the pandemic have explained to Eyewitness News how they made the difficult trade-off between an education and survival.

    108 days ago
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    It's important for learning to be inclusive for children with disabilities - DBE

    During a panel discussion on measuring progress on the implementation of inclusive education, the Basic Education Department discussed how disabled students had faced unique challenges and how schools need to change.

    111 days ago
  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga hosted the top achievers at a breakfast session at the Houghton Hotel on 20 January 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Basic Education Dept outlining ways for sector to rebound from COVID pandemic

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that they were lobbying for schools to return to full operation.

    112 days ago
  • FILE: Matric pupils collect their results at St Johns College in Houghton, Johannesburg. Picture: Eyewitness News

    DBE now compelled to publish matric results after court interdict granted

    The High Court in Pretoria has granted AfriForum and two others' an urgent interdict against the Department of Basic Education.

    121 days ago
  • FILE: Matric pupils collect their results at St Johns College in Houghton, Johannesburg. Picture: Eyewitness News

    DBE's move to scrap publishing of matric results set for court challenge

    The court application by AfriForum, Maroela Media and Anlé Spies – a 2021 matriculant – is asking the court to compel the department to continue with the release, arguing that the sudden change is both irrational and ill-informed.

    121 days ago
  • FILE: Soweto students search for matric results in the newspaper. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Information Regulator backs DBE move to stop publishing matric results

    The decades-long practice is now a thing of the past, with the Department of Basic Education citing the Protection of Personal Information Act.

    126 days ago
  • Pupils at a Gauteng school line up for the first day of school on 12 January 2022. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Basic Education Dept confident Gauteng pupil placement backlog will be cleared

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that over the next few days officials would be able to see where children without schools could be placed.

    127 days ago
  • Teachers,parents and pupils arrive for the first day of school at Norwood Primary in Johannesburg on 12 January 2022. Picture: Dominic Majola/Eyewitness News

    Motshekga appeals to parents for patience as schools place pupils

    The Basic Education Department is hoping to clear the backlog in Gauteng by the end of this week when it will be able to see where there are openings.

    127 days ago
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    Basic Education Dept ready to welcome teachers, pupils back to school

    Inland provinces are expected to return to school on Wednesday, while pupils in coastal areas will only resume a week later.

    129 days ago
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    Dept provides counselling for Joburg pupil after kidnapping ordeal

    She was taken in November outside her school at gunpoint, while she was waiting in line to be sanitised and screened for COVID-19.

    134 days ago
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