Textbooks
EC Education Dept admits some schools without textbooks
It emerged this week, during political oversight visits, that schools in the Mbizana District are still waiting for more than 800,000 books.
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EC Education Dept under fire for failing to deliver textbooks
It emerged this week that the schools in the Mbizana District are still waiting for more than 800,000 books.
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Education officials grilled over 2017 school readiness
Parliament says the Basic Education Department is under-reporting challenges in many schools countrywide.
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Gauteng Education Dept clarifies textbook issue
The department says boxes of books that remain uncollected at UJ are supplementary work books.
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Govt loses Limpopo textbooks appeal
The Supreme Court of Appeal says every pupil in Limpopo should receive all the textbooks they need.
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Limpopo textbook saga goes to court
Section 27 will battle it out in court with the Basic Education Department over access to textbooks for Limpopo pupils. This is the 5th time that these two parties have met in court.
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Hotline set up for Limpopo textbook issues
Basic Education Dept says this will help to avoid all textbook related issues in Limpopo.
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Dept hopeful textbooks for 2016 will be delivered on time
Officials briefed Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its readiness for next year.
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Dept probes Maitland textbook bungle
This comes after a protest by over 200 learners in front of the department's head offices.
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Maitland High learners march for textbooks
The group of over 200 learners claim they don’t have school textbooks.
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Department to appeal textbook ruling
Govt wants the Constitutional Court to overturn a finding that it violated pupils’ rights to education.
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SAHRC: Textbook saga violated rights
The commission concluded its year-long investigation into learning material shortages in schools.
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Limpopo textbook saga: Rights violated
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria handed down its judgment on Tuesday.
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Dept blames principals for textbook saga
More than 150,000 books have not been delivered to 39 Limpopo schools.
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Over 30 schools await textbook court ruling
Education Department's Elijah Mhlanga says shortages have not affected teaching.
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'Textbooks found in locked Limpopo hall'
The discovery was made at a former teacher training college in the Sekhukhune district.
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Court ruling on Limpopo textbooks today
It's the third time an NGO has taken the Limpopo Education Department to court.
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R331m spent on CPT textbooks
The W. Cape Education Department has spent over R331m on textbooks and teacher’s guides for 2014.
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2014 textbook deliveries 'on track'
Officials say the process is 72 percent complete in Limpopo.
