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Jobs for cash scandal report ‘has serious implications’
The Basic Education Dept has delayed the release of its inter-ministerial report on the scandal, again.
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GDE reviews policy on how to deal with rape cases
In the last two months, the department has had to respond to two gang rapes at primary schools.
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Parents to keep protesting outside Roodepoort Primary
Police fired rubber bullets during clashes with parents early this morning.
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Tensions flare at Roodepoort Primary School
Parents are refusing to let their children be taught at a temporary facility over safety concerns.
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Mid-year exams at Limpopo school disrupted by fire
Police confirmed that exam papers and equipment worth nearly R180,000 rand have been destroyed.
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Court rules in favour of teaching in preferred language
The Gauteng Education Department had wanted to compel some schools to teach in two languages.
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Pupils with laser pointers could face expulsion
The Education Department says pupils found playing with lasers on school grounds could face expulsion.
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Education dept drafting policy on making history compulsory
The Department of Basic Education has identified history as an emerging priority in the country.
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Education dept worried about 20,000 teenage pregnancies
It’s emerged that 20,000 children in primary and secondary school fell pregnant in South Africa last year.
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Malamulele school to receive mobile classrooms
The classrooms were expected to be delivered on Thursday.
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Parents accuse PTA school of racial segregation
A petition signed by parents asks why young children are being assigned to classes based on race.
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KZN marking centres cleared of irregularities
The Education Department claims the situation is less extensive than what has been reported.
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Sadtu looks to stop NW school closures
The union claimed the process to close middle schools was ill-informed.
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'Education dept won't pay teacher's salaries'
Almost 100 schools in the Eastern Cape accused the department of failing to employ teachers.
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Khayelitsha teachers fed up with school burglaries
Joe Slovo High School in Khayelitsha has again been hit by vandals.
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Power restored to some PTA schools
Schools were reconnected by 3pm on Sunday in Tshwane.
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City of Tshwane & GDE at loggerheads
Tshwane has introduced measures to recover more than R6 billion in electrical bills.
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'SA schools gripped by violence'
There has been a surge in school violence across the country, affecting all sectors of society.
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SA maths, science ‘worst in the world’
A new report has revealed that SA's maths and science education ranks last out of 148 countries.
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'No excuse' for delayed school enrolment
Debbie Schafer says there is no excuse for parents seeking last minute school placements.
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Most kids can’t access development centres
A lobby group and an activist claim the state is failing to fulfil the right to basic education.
