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[LISTEN] The best ways to save for your child’s education
Financial planner Sylvia Walker suggests taking a long-term approach and suggests some investments to consider.
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Thousands of learners still unplaced in Western Cape, Gauteng
Parents are advised to contact district offices to assist with finding a place at a school if they did not enrol their children at a school last year.
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Basic Education disappointed by Gavin Davies’s remarks on culled learners
DA's Gavin Davies yesterday said the 2016 matric results lead to speculation that some learners may have been culled.
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[OPINION] Why it doesn’t help to fail pupils with poor maths marks
There's extensive research evidence to suggest that grade repetition does more harm than good.
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Basic Education Dept to hold indaba to review maths pass mark
The department’s Elijah Mhlanga says the decision was made for 2016 learners between grade 7 and 9.
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Basic Education defends decision on 20 percent pass mark
The department says the decision corrects a policy error, that was stopping talented children from being promoted.
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WC Education Department mitigates school fees shortfall
Many of the department’s schools are classified as fee-paying schools but are attended by a large number of poor learners.
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GP education dept urges parents to confirm school placement offers
The department says over 50,000 parents of pupils in grade 1 and 8 have been offered spaces for the 2017 academic year.
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Basic Education Dept reviewing school legislation
The department says the review will ensure that no child is discriminated against in the classroom.
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Education dept to root out discrimination in textbooks
This comes after a section of a Grade 10 textbook was slammed for encouraging rape culture.
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BED in bid to remove inappropriate rape content from textbooks
The department says its noted concerns & complaints emanating from a page in one of the textbooks.
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Parents urged to be patient after GDE online registration gridlock
The department says it's had trouble processing an influx of online registration applications.
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Basic Education systems characterised by ‘pockets of disasters’
Minister Angie Motshekga has admitted that education system is in a state of crisis. Spokesman Elijah Mahlangu says the crisis is made up of issues such as schools not using the allocated funds & schools producing 0% matric pass rates.
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Matric results to focus on overall performance of pupils
The Basic Education Department is preparing for the release of the 2015 matric results.
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Unions, Basic Education in tense stand-off over ANAs
The ANAs are set to begin today, but teacher unions say they won't be administering the tests.
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Judgment reserved in Limpopo textbooks case
The basic education department has been heavily criticised for failing to deliver study material.
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Mainstream schools to be converted for special needs children
While 2,1 million children in the country live with disabilities, 600,000 don’t attend school.
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Proposed Bill to nail lying parents
The proposed bill calls for parents who lie to get their children into certain schools to be jailed.
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Education dept slams findings on SA's Maths & Science rankings
The findings, which were released last week, place the country at 138 out of 140.
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Zuma: ICT implementation at schools is too slow
Zuma was speaking at the launch of Operation Phakisa for Basic Education in Boksburg on Friday.
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Zuma launches tech programme in Boksburg
The president says Operation Phakisa marks a late turning point in SA’s teaching & learning.
