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FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter

Sa education crisis

Motshekga: Dept to monitor why teachers spend less time teaching

By Thando Kubheka

A new survey has found that the country's teachers only spend 66% of classroom time teaching as opposed to an international average of 78%.

  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: @DBE_SA/Twitter

    Motshekga: TALIS findings a useful benchmark for improving education sector

    The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) revealed, amongst other things, that levels of violence and intimidation at South African schools were among the highest of those nations surveyed.

    1088 days ago
  • FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: @DBE_SA/Twitter

    Motshekga expected to release report on state of education in SA

    South Africa is the only African state represented in the list of international countries participating in the Teaching and Learning International Research Study.

    1089 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the Basic Education Sector Lekgotla at in Johannesburg on 21 January 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa: 'Strides being made to turn around impact of apartheid-era education'

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says that improvements are more evident in schools in disadvantaged areas.

    1251 days ago
  • FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: Hitekani Magwedze/EWN

    Foundation welcomes Motshekga’s decision to change history curriculum

    Motshekga made the announcement on Tuesday following a recommendation by the history ministerial task team last December.

    1283 days ago
  • FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Dept working to ensure multiple perspectives reflected in SA history textbooks

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Tuesday approved the reappointment of a ministerial task team to overhaul the current history curriculum from grades 4 to 12.

    1284 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Why more learners are dropping accounting at school

    SAIPA's Faith Ngwenya unpacks why more and more learners are dropping accounting at school.

    1381 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    [LISTEN] How this private school aims to change SA

    ''The Money Show' interviews SPARK Schools co-founder and CEO Stacey Brewer about new technology to be used in the schooling system.

    1472 days ago
  • FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Motshekga to release report on making history a compulsory subject at school

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she believes teaching history has a number of positive effects especially in a country like South Africa.

    1486 days ago
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    Gaps between private, public schools to do with societal inequality - principal

    The IEB matric results show that IEB schools secured a 98.76% pass rate it’s a slight increase compared to the previous year.

    1633 days ago
  • Gwede Mantashe of the ANC's NEC addresses the media at Luthuli House on Fees Must Fall. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Mantashe tackles question of 'free' education

    Mantashe says many South Africans demand “free things” but says it doesn't always work like that.

    2088 days ago
  • FILE: The Western Cape schools closure sage might be heading to the Constitutional Court. Picture: EWN

    WC schools closure saga might head to ConCourt

    Lawyers representing the schools say they're still studying the judgment before taking action.

    2754 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Sapa.

    'Twinning school programmes will bridge inequality'

    Panyaza Lesufi says no child must be denied access to education because they were born in the wrong area.

    2760 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Commission to examine teachers' salaries

    Zuma says educators need to make classrooms centres of excellence and prepare future leaders.

    2822 days ago
  • FILE:The Ditshipeng Intermediate School is one of four schools in Kuruman, Northern Cape which was set alight by criminals. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    Study camps set aside for Kuruman matrics

    Affected matrics are unable to sit for their final exams next month, but will be writing supplementary exams.

    2826 days ago
  • FILE: Provincial education has admitted it’s struggling to find educators for these schools. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Edu. Dept to monitor EC school closures

    Dozens of Afrikaans and dual-medium schools in the city locked their gates in protest.

    2834 days ago
  • FILE: About 2,000 members took part in the march on Saturday. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Rights group marches for adequate school sanitation

    The group is demanding proper sanitation in all schools particularly those in the townships.

    2841 days ago
  • WC education dept maintains the pass rate figure is not an accurate indication of performance. Picture: Education Ministry.

    'Matric pass rate measurements are misleading'

    WC education dept maintains the pass rate figure is not an accurate indication of performance.

    2846 days ago
  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    R500m to help dysfunctional schools

    The overhaul will be a collaborative effort involving the private sector and unions.

    2863 days ago
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