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LIVE BLOG: Matric 2020 pass rate is 76.2%
Minister Angie Motshekga announces the results of the 2020 NSC final exams.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga is announcing the matric pass rate for the class of 2018.
Basic EductionMotshekga says introducing history as a compulsory subject at schools is aimed at contributing to the country’s nation building and unity.
Motshekga says projects will focus on providing information on substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.
The basic education minister says the top reasons why South Africa’s education system continues to rank low is because of violence, absenteeism and a poor reading culture.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga appeared before a Parliamentary committee to discuss the progress made in dealing with the matter.
Minster Motshekga says the exams are national and all schools are expected to have completed the curriculum.
Basic Education says Sadtu should rather focus on dealing with the so-called 'jobs for cash' report.
Angie Motshekga says she's allowed more time for those cited in the report to make representations.
The report, which was supposed to be released in Feb, has been delayed by a further two weeks.
Angie Motshekga says the task team probing the sale of teaching posts for cash will continue investigations.
The education dept today explained the processes to be followed before the report is made public.
Yesterday, Motshekga announced that a final report into the ‘jobs for cash scandal’, is in its final stages.
Minister Motshekga says the investigation had to be extended because of the emergence of new cases.
A damning report reveals that Sadtu is entirely implicated in the jobs for cash scandal.
EWN speaks to basic education minister Angie Motshekga about the #FeesMustFall movement, and how it impacts her department's work in schools.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says depending on the outcome of investigations into the leak of an exam in Limpopo, pupils in the school, district and even the country could be asked to rewrite the paper.
Sadtu and Naptosa are against the Basic Education Department’s decision to procced with ANA in December.
The Education Department says it’s improving its Life Orientation Curriculum to reduce violence in schools.