Despite obstacles faced by the learners, their hard work resulted in an 81.4% grade 12 pass rate
Learners should be taught in their home language and they need textbooks. Teachers must be part of curriculum reforms and know how to use teaching guides.
Arts education is critical, because it has the capacity to liberate learners from economic, social and political forces. What’s needed is funding, training and political will
One of their biggest challenges is getting parents to support ECD practitioners and day mothers and get more involved in their children’s development
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the country’s schools closing and teachers being left without jobs
‘He was like a loving father,’ says community member of murdered teacher in Philippi, Western Cape
The positive effect on the children has spilled over into the local community and improved social cohesion
People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations
Police minister Bheki Cele and national commissioner Khehla Sitole receive their Covid-19 vaccines as inoculation starts for law enforcement
The long wait to move early childhood development teachers to the department of basic education will be over in nine months, but this does not mean all of them are yet in line to be vaccinated
The learner was 13 when the alleged rapes started, and they continued for two years until she asked to be moved to another school
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Some principals do not have the skills to compile bullying reports; others fear being victimised. This has led to children battling the scourge alone
The Human Rights Commission inquiry into bullying and sex at schools in Limpopo has heard that some principals don’t report cases of a sexual nature that involve teachers and learners
New regulations give direction on what sanctions should be imposed on disgraceful teachers, including lifetime bans for serious offences
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Some think that putting women in sticky situations when they reach the top is setting them up for failure, but the opposite could be true
Angie Motshekga was speaking to learners in a secondary school in Pretoria
Ramaphosa says regaining learning time lost to the coronavirus pandemic will be a priority this year, but does not specify how
In South Africa, we come from a proud history of activism. How then have we suddenly learnt to be helpless?
Two women in Mpumalanga taught children for 11 years without the necessary qualifications. They are not the only ones to have slipped through the screening system
The coronavirus crisis unwrapped itself as a surprising gift for university educators
On Monday, 5 October — World Teachers Day — we recalled the teachers who helped us become the people we are today
‘We believe that opening schools without addressing an unfair and unequal education system that disadvantages poor, working class and rural children will increase inequality.’
Reopening of schools seems to be less about the teachers, parents and students and more about desperate attempts to rescue our failing and unsustainable capitalist economy
The Sexual Offences Act criminalises sex with a person under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 18
Because of the government’s indecisiveness, we have missed the boat on charting new territory for learning
Teachers who spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week are not confident that any effective teaching and learning will take place during this academic year, even if it is extended
After unions demanded that schools be closed this week, the department has said it is the cabinet’s prerogative to decide whether schools should close
Losing an academic year is untenable, but a return to class must be safe and all learners must benefit
Public sector unions say the rampant Covid-19 pandemic will have a devastating effect on how the government is run and services are delivered
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Nasrec promises about accountability need to be effected by the ANC, but the party seems incapable of self-policing
Despite the department of basic education’s announcement that teachers and learners were given orientation about the coronavirus, anecdotal evidence doesn’t bear this out
It may well be that we have warm bodies in schools, but to think their minds are highly productive is a reach