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Naptosa, Sadtu welcome matric 2020 results
Naptosa said that it was pleased with the overall matric results for the Class of 2020.
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Teacher unions express mixed feelings about reopening of schools on Monday
The start of the 2021 academic calendar was pushed back last month by two weeks to deal with the rising COVID-19 cases.
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Unions say court ruling on 2018 wage agreement riddled with errors in law
Sadtu general secretary Mugwena Maluleke said that the findings, if left unchallenged, could lead to a situation where Treasury could at any point pull out of wage agreements with employers in the state.
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Teachers union reiterate call for educators to be next in line for vaccines
Public school teachers returned to work on Monday to prepare for the official re-opening in two weeks’ time, many facing the reality of losing their colleagues to the virus.
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Unions concerned about lack of PPEs as teachers prepare to go back to schools
According to unions, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo teachers have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
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DBE accused of showing little regard for the lives of teachers
They say while an agreement was reached to push back the return of pupils, they were never consulted about the early return of school management teams and teachers.
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Teacher unions set against reopening of schools as COVID-19 cases surge
South Africans will be eagerly waiting to hear what Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has to say when she addresses the nation on Friday around her department’s plans to reopen schools.
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Sadtu pleased with measures taken by KZN govt to prevent spread of COVID-19
One of the deceased was based at the Inanda Seminary Marking Centre in eThekwini while another was at a marking centre in Estcourt, in KZN’s uThukela District.
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Sadtu in KZN flag concerns over matric exam marking centres
Matric marking efforts are rolling into their second week, with thousands of assessors toiling away across the country.
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Sadtu wants more psycho-social support for teachers dealing with COVID-19
With schools expected to reopen in less than a month, Sadtu said that educators were grappling with grief and trauma.
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Sadtu takes wage increase matter to ConCourt
The Labour Appeal Court dismissed an application by public service unions to compel the state to implement the third year of increases.
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Cosas welcomes High Court ruling on rewrite of 2 matric exams
Judge Norman Davis on Friday declared the Basic Education Department’s decision unlawful and irregular.
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Court finds DBE decision to rewrite 2 matric exams irregular, unlawful
The High Court in Pretoria has found that the decision by the Basic Education Department to rewrite two leaked papers was unlawful and irregular and that it should be set aside.
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Motshekga’s decision for matric exams rewrite was irrational, AfriForum argues
Judgment in the matter was reserved until Friday.
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Motshekga failed to consult before making decision on matric rewrite, court told
AfriForum argued in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday that the minister made the decision for a national rewrite without adequate consultation with the DBE director-general (DG) and other education bodies.
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Sadtu heads to court over DBE's decision to rewrite 2 matric papers
The minister announced last week that due to the Maths Paper 2 and Physical Science Paper 2 being leaked, pupils throughout the country will need to rewrite them.
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DBE: Pupils who test positive for COVID-19 can still write exams
Going back on its previous which prohibited pupils with COVID-19 from entering exam venues, DBE now says candidates who test positive and are deemed fit, will be allowed to write at a different venue and under secure conditions.
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With matric exams to start today, Sadtu worried about COVID-19 effects on pupils
With South Africa among the most unequal societies in the world, Sadtu is worried that pupils from low-income households have not been adequately equipped to deal with the challenges of COVID-19 ahead of this year's exams.
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Teachers to return to classroom today but some raise COVID-19 safety concerns
The Basic Education Department instructed all teachers granted concessions to work from home during the nationwide lockdown to report back to school on Monday.
