First day of school
'Lesufi must own up to failing registration system'
Parents are angry as more than 30,000 pupils still need to be placed in schools before they can start with this year's academic programme.
-
[WATCH] WC Education MEC greeted by tears, screams from nervous grade ones
It wasn’t all smiles and excitement for some pupils at Levana Primary School in Lavender Hill as they began their school career.
-
[WATCH] Bright-eyed & bushy-tailed, these grade ones are ready for school
These eager Western Cape pupils say they know exactly what they want to become... even before the start of their first lesson.
-
GDE behind target to relieve pupil placement challenge
The dept says with plans to build a school monthly, it's cautiously optimistic about the prospect of a smooth placement process.
-
WC Education working to place 18,000 learners
The Western Cape Education Department is implementing plans to ensure around 18,000 learners are placed in schools.
-
MEC: Opening of Soweto school first of many to come
Panyaza Lesufi unveiled the state of the art Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela Primary in Braamfischerville on Wednesday.
-
Govt pleased first day of school was ‘peaceful’ in Vuwani
The first day of the academic school year went off without intimidation or violence on Wednesday.
-
GDE warns parents against gathering at schools for placements
Parents have been gathering at Badirileng High in Khutsong in the hope that their children will be placed there.
-
[CARTOON] In a class of his own
Dr Jack & Curtis
-
[WATCH] OMG Cute! First day at big school
It’s the first day of school and a new batch of grade 1s are taking the first steps into their future. Watch these cuties tackle their first day at big school.
-
[GALLERY] #BackToSchool: Cuteness overload, big smiles & tears...
Children across the country go to school for the first time, and EWN brings you the visuals through the lenses.
-
‘I regret being born in Limpopo’
Schools still face shortfalls in sanitation and infrastructure and pupils are suffering.
-
WC schools ready for 2014
The education department says 99 percent of WC pupils are registered for the 2014 academic year.
-
Academic year begins in WC
There’s lots of excitement as Western Cape schools begin the new academic year.
-
All systems go for CT schools
WC Education says it is ready for the 2013 academic year.
