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WC records 63 incidents of burglary, vandalism of schools during lockdown
The Western Cape Education Department's Bronagh Hammond said that included in the list of stolen items were electricity cables, computer equipment, fencing, garden tools and security gates.
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Pupil hospitalised after being stabbed at Eerste River school
The incident occurred at Forest Heights High School on Thursday morning.
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Beaufort West parents unhappy with WCED move to cancel school transport service
Last month, violent protests erupted in the area following the department’s decision.
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WC ANC: Former model C school must take 6,000 unplaced pupils
The party argued that these schools had better resources and could accommodate learners without a school.
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Wellington school's SGB vows to continue shutdown until more teachers assigned
The Weltevrede Secondary School has been a site of protest since the school term began.
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Fire destroys 4 classrooms at Franschhoek school
No injuries were reported.
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WCED officials meet with disgruntled parents after admissions protest
Schooling at the Masibambane Secondary School in Cape Town was again disrupted on Thursday morning with some parents demanding their children be admitted.
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Repair work begins at vandalised Mitchells Plain school after protest
Parents of Alpine Primary School learners on Wednesday morning held a demonstration at the school, burning tyres and picketing.
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WCED: Klapmuts Primary School at capacity and can't accommodate more pupils
Parents are demanding that their children be placed and have complained that pupils were turned away because they did not speak Afrikaans.
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Klapmuts parents, school meet over learner placements
Last week, on the first day of school, parents went to the school demanding their children be placed. They complained that learners were turned away because they did not speak Afrikaans.
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Beaufort West mayor welcomes WCED's reinstatement of scholar transport
The service was halted when the department found that some learners lived within a five-kilometre radius of the closest school.
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Relief for rural pupils in Beaufort West as school transport reinstated
The service was halted when the department found that some pupils live within a five-kilometre radius of the closest school.
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Parents claim learners turned away at Klapmuts school over language
Parents were upset because when they arrived at the school on the first day on Wednesday, they were told that English was not the medium of instruction and their children were not accepted.
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WCED looking into school transportation concerns in Beaufort West
The community took to the streets on Thursday after learner transport contracts had been cancelled.
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Beaufort West community protests over learner transport issues
Demonstrators blocked a section of the town's main road earlier on Thursday demanding action from Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer after scholar transport contracts were cancelled.
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WC Education Dept working to place learners
She says pupil enrolment in the province has been growing at an average of 18,000 learners per year which is making provisioning difficult.
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First day of school in WC went well - Schäfer
While thousands of learners started and returned to school on Wednesday, there were still pupils who had not been placed.
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WCED ready to welcome new and returning learners for 2020 academic year
More than 1.1 million learners start or return to schools in the province on Wednesday.
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WCED officials working hard to place pupils ahead of new academic year
With only two days before thousands of learners start or return to school, there were still children who had not been placed.
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WCED: Plans in place to deal with power cuts during matric exams
The department said that exam teams liaised with district offices about load shedding this morning and existing protocols for electricity cuts.
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WCED deploys guards to Uitsig High following vandalism, fire
The WCED’s spokesperson Jessica Shelver said community members came onto the premises to steal and vandalize what was remaining.
