The Suid Afrikaanse Onderwyser-Unie has served the GDE with notice to appear before the Labour Court over hat it calls "illegal strike deductions".

In an unprecedented move, the Northern Cape education department has scrapped matric prelim exams for the class of 2010.

With such little time left I have serious reservations that we will finish the syllabus. Even if we try to, it would be a rushed process'

As teachers trickled back to work after their strike was suspended on Monday, unions looked to be heading for a showdown over the no work, no pay rule

KwaZulu-Natal matric preliminary exams should be cancelled and the time used to prepare for the final examinations, Sadtu said on Tuesday.

One of Sadtu's most militant leaders, Ronald Nyathi, has indicated that the teacher's strike could be soon be over because his region has accepted the state's revised wage offer.

Teachers hijacked by 'narrow-minded daredevils, says expert.

The DA has questioned the department of basic education's ability to ensure that the no-work, no-pay rule for striking teachers is enforced.

Signs of a split in unions' response to government's latest wage offer emerged on Tuesday, with Sadtu suggesting they could reject the offer.

With no end in sight to the crippling teacher strike, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has appealed to the public to assist matric learners.