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Cabinet Report: From A to hara-kiri

Video | Cabinet Report: From A to hara-kiri

09 Jan 2013 11:20
It's the report card you haven't seen. The Pimples reveal the true worth of some our ministers.
Motshekga: Textbooks delivered ahead of deadline

Motshekga: Textbooks delivered ahead of deadline

08 Jan 2013 18:48 - Sapa
At least 98% of textbooks have been delivered to inland schools ahead of the first day of school on Wednesday, the basic education department said.
Unsuccessful matric students chase re-marking deadline

Unsuccessful matric students chase re-marking deadline

05 Jan 2013 12:14 - Sapa
Students who did not pass their matric have until January 21 to register for a re-marking or re-checking.
Weekend 101: Results are in

Video | Weekend 101: Results are in

04 Jan 2013 11:56
Matrics get their results, the world rages over the Delhi gang-rape victim, America avoids the fiscal cliff and SA's road death toll rises.
Improved matric results hide reality

Improved matric results hide reality

04 Jan 2013 07:20 - Bongani Nkosi
Matric results for 2012 are looking up but they have not told us enough about the deep social inequalities experienced by pupils across the country.
Lies, damned lies and advertising

Lies, damned lies and advertising

04 Jan 2013 00:00 - Jacques du Preez
The state should only use public funds to put its view across if the media fails to do so, says Jacques du Preez.
Editorial: Matric results - blooms hide the rot

Editorial: Matric results - blooms hide the rot

04 Jan 2013 06:00 - Editorial
Education Minister Angie Motshekga has asked the country to believe that 73.9% of grade 12s are sufficiently literate and numerate to pass matric.
Motshekga: No crisis in quality of education

Motshekga: No crisis in quality of education

03 Jan 2013 15:16 - Devereaux Morkel
There is no crisis in the quality of education in Gauteng and South Africa, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has said.
Focus on matric pass rates is misleading, say experts

Focus on matric pass rates is misleading, say experts

03 Jan 2013 06:35 - Nickolaus Bauer
The quality of results achieved by this year's matrics remains a concern despite a 3.7 percentage point increase in the 2012 pass rate.
Motshekga blames maths marks for high failure, dropout rates

Motshekga blames maths marks for high failure, dropout rates

04 Dec 2012 08:42 - Sapa
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says low maths marks explain South Africa's failure and dropout rates in grades 10 and 11.
Pupils win as court case is settled

Pupils win as court case is settled

23 Nov 2012 00:00 - Victoria John
They've just won a major legal victory, but for Equal Education the battle has only begun.
Motshekga settles norms and standards out of court

Motshekga settles norms and standards out of court

19 Nov 2012 07:03 - Sapa
Equal Education has said that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has agreed to promulgate minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure.
Limpopo teachers not paid: Sadtu

Limpopo teachers not paid: Sadtu

15 Nov 2012 08:59 - Sapa
Limpopo teachers who taught the Grade 10 catch-up programme during September have not been paid, the South African Democratic Teachers' Union said.
No money means poorer education

No money means poorer education

26 Oct 2012 00:00 - Bongani Nkosi
A flawed funding model results in poor schools reducing the number of subjects they offer and enduring larger class sizes than richer schools.
First day of 2012 matric exams a success

First day of 2012 matric exams a success

23 Oct 2012 10:26 - Sapa
Despite recent protests, floods and textbook delivery problems, more than 500 000 pupils sat for their first matric exam on Monday.
EduSolutions boss: We gave Limpopo what it wanted

EduSolutions boss: We gave Limpopo what it wanted

19 Oct 2012 00:00 - Bongani Nkosi, Victoria John,
EduSolutions executive director Moosa Ntimba tells the M& G's Victoria John and Bongani Nkosi why his company is not at fault for the textbook crisis.
Civil society exposes government's chronic denialism

Civil society exposes government's chronic denialism

19 Oct 2012 00:00 - David Macfarlane
So heavily has the government's thumb been pressing its "spin at all costs" button it's become too easy to lose sight of the human realities at stake
Education in crisis: Teaching floored by lack of chairs

Education in crisis: Teaching floored by lack of chairs

19 Oct 2012 00:00 - Victoria John
Increasing legal cases highlight the department of education's failure to provide basic school infrastructure, Victoria John reports.
Motshekga: We've done all we can to help pupils

Motshekga: We've done all we can to help pupils

18 Oct 2012 12:22 - Faranaaz Parker
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department has done all it can to help learners through a "really dramatic year" ahead of exams.
The many masks of Angie Motshekga

The many masks of Angie Motshekga

18 Oct 2012 12:04 - Victoria John
Western Cape pupils put a face to the school infrastructure crisis by wearing masks of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga's face at a march.

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