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Eswatini deploys army to quell school democracy protests
Primary and high school students in Africa's last absolute monarchy, formerly known as Swaziland, have been boycotting classes and staging low-key protests for...
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Alexandra teen accused of killing schoolmate makes his first court appearance
The accused from a local school who cannot be named due to his age was handed over to the police by his parents after he allegedly stabbed his follow pupil at school in Alex on Monday.
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Ivory Park teacher accused of raping pupil hands himself over to SAPS
According to officials the 38-year-old sexually assaulted the 16-year-old girl last week Friday at the Umqhele Secondary School premises during break time.
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NW teacher stabbed by another in full view of pupils
A 47-year-old woman from Tshefoge Primary in Vaalboschloot is now in critical condition in a hospital intensive care unit after she was attacked on Monday by a teacher from a nearby school.
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England's children go back to school after virus lockdown
Throughout the latest lockdown since the start of the new year, schools have remained open to children of key workers and the most vulnerable.
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Schools in Ghana reopen after 10-month closure
The West African country introduced a lockdown and closed schools in March after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in sub-Saharan Africa was confirmed in neighbouring Nigeria and eventually spread to Ghana.
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KZN primary school suffers 15th break-in since 2018
The principal of Mzwamandla Khanyile Primary School, Roy Ntanzi, said that the school at KwaDabeka near Pinetown had broken doors and windows and had been ransacked.
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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.
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No arrests made yet in connection with murder of Grabouw school principal
Zameka Mfubesi (46) was shot and killed in the Overberg town close to the N2 highway on Friday afternoon.
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Johnson urges parents to send their kids back to school
Johnson followed up on a warning over the weekend from medical advisers who said that students faced bigger risks from missing out on their education than from catching the virus.
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No school should say it’s not ready for matric exams, says DBE
The department has announced this year’s matric exam timetable which has been adjusted because of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Motshekga: Pupils will be assessed on 'trimmed curriculum' this academic year
Motshekga has been monitoring the return of matric pupils to schools this week.
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WC matrics return to school smoothly, says provincial department
Grade 12's returned to class on Monday they now have to knuckle down for their finals amid a disrupted school calendar.
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2 KZN teachers suspended for allegedly having a relationship with pupil
Both men are accused of being involved with the 18-year-old from Umlazi Comprehensive High School.
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IFP's Hlabisa says DBE being unrealistic on date for reopening schools
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said based on the party’s assessment, the Education Department was poorly equipped to reopen schools for grade 7 and matric pupils next week.
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Matric pupil relieved to go back to school, despite concerns over COVID-19
Schools have been closed for weeks now and matrics especially have been anxiously trying to keep up with the syllabus.
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Lessons from Sierra Leone’s Ebola pandemic's impact of school closures on girls
What the consequences of school closures during Africa's 'longest, largest and deadliest' Ebola outbreak can teach the continent.
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'Phased-in resumption of school year workable, but stretching to July excessive'
Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) executive director Basil Manuel points out this is still a document in discussion.
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WCED reminds pupils, parents lockdown is not a holiday
Learning must continue at home al Beit under far different conditions. Online is where learners are being told to go.
