The South African Democratic Teachers Union alleges schools are pressuring learners in grade 10 and upwards to drop maths to protect overall matric pass rates
Trade union Solidarity has said that the new law alienates Afrikaans-speaking learners
Despite a number of laws being in place to ensure education is equal and accessible not all children enjoy this right
Angie Motshekga says 2021’s matrics are in ‘a class of their own’ for having persevered through Covid-19 pandemic for two years
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
Avethandwa Nokhangela drowned at an Equal Education camp in the Eastern Cape, but the provincial department of education has distanced itself from the tragedy
The rise in the number of Covid-19 cases resulted in school closures but mixed messages resulted and delayed gazetting of decisions caused confusion
The basic education department has said that it is almost done with the marking process and that the capturing of marks is in progress.
The high court has set aside the decision by the department and education quality assurer Umalusi that matrics would have to rewrite two subject leaked just before the matric exams
The basic education department is adopting a ‘phased-in’ approach to reopening schools, with some schools possibly starting up as early as next week