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WC vaccinates over 42,000 education staff members
This equates to 76% of the 55,000 target.
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WCED moves to 60% of its COVID-19 vaccination target
So far, almost 34,000 educators and school staff members had received their vaccines.
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WCED says working hard to vaccinate as many teachers as possible before deadline
The department is hoping to vaccinate over 55,000 educators in 14 days. There was heightened activity at the Pinelands Emergency Services site yesterday where educators lined up eagerly to get their jab.
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Vaccine rollout for teaching staff a major step towards recovery, says WCED
While other provinces will kick off the vaccination programme on Wednesday, the Western Cape will start the rollout on Friday.
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Sadtu, EE optimistic ahead of COVID-19 vaccine rollout for teachers
The Basic Education Department announced on Sunday that the programme would kick off on Wednesday and end on 8 July.
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WC Education MEC worried about LGBTQI+ discrimination claims at Bellville school
The pupils wanted to celebrate the start of International Pride month during break time this week but were apparently insulted and intimidated. When they reported the matter to the principal, they were allegedly told any further meetings are prohibited.
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WC school admissions process for 2022 not over yet, says dept
The Western Cape Education Department on Thursday said that the 2022 school admissions process had not yet been concluded and is urging parents to be patient and calm.
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Counsellors provided for Cape school after pupil reportedly takes own life
The Western Cape Education Department said that the staff and pupils at Rhenish Girls' High School were shocked and traumatised by the incident.
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WC DA blames national govt for high number of unplaced pupils in province
The Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Lorraine Botha said that national government was doing a great disservice to learners as the funds allocated simply did not meet the education needs of the Western Cape.
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WCED aiming to place more 700 learners in school by Friday
The Western Cape Education Department’s Archer Lewis said that they had a number of placements across eight districts.
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WCED hoping to have all pupils placed by start of second term
There are still more than 2,000 learners that needed to be placed.
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Some WC schools seeking to operate at 100% capacity from second term
At some schools, due to coronavirus restrictions, classes were being held as normally as possible with social distancing in place, while at others, lessons were still being split.
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WC ANC approaches HRC, PSC over unplaced learners in province
Cosatu, the South African Teacher's Union and the Congress of South African Students want the bodies to act against the Western Cape Education Department for failing to place more than 6,000 learners.
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WCED urges all pupils to return to school and complete studies
Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer said that while they did not have data on how many pupils dropped out last year but that parents and guardians should ensure that all pupils should remain in school.
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WC education dept ready to kick off academic year as planned
The previous year has undoubtedly been tumultuous for both learners and teaching staff as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WCED appeals to matrics not to risk attending events amid COVID-19 second wave
In the past two weeks, there's been a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country.
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WC ranked SA’s top-performing province in maths and science – study
This was shown in the 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) released on Tuesday.
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MEC Schäfer: Claims of discrimination at Brackenfell High will be addressed
This followed the release of a report which cleared the school of racial exclusion claims.
