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Zuma urges action to address problems in education
President Zuma has emphasised the importance of education, saying schools that have received a 0% pass rate must be held accountable.
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DBE disappointed by court ruling on paper leak scandal
The court ordered the department to release the results of the pupils implicated in the Limpopo math paper leak within 72 hours.
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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.
