Bongekile Macupe

Bongekile Macupe is an education reporter at the Mail & Guardian.

Teachers trying to catch up, ‘ticking boxes’, overloading learners

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 2 Aug 2020

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

‘I will have to repeat grade 8’

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 2 Aug 2020

Schools have been closed again. After months of doing schoolwork at home, not all parents think their children are ready to move to the next grade

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Walter Sisulu University is playing catch-up with online learning

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 28 Jul 2020

Some affluent institutions have already finished the first semester online, but historically disadvantaged universities like Walter Sisulu University are having to start from scratch

KZN education officials suspended for mismanagement of sanitary-pads project

Education Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jul 2020

Unions have welcomed the suspension of three senior officials in KZN’s department of education for mismanagement of a sanitary-pads distribution project

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A small number of students can return to university, but some choose not to

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jul 2020

They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting

Students ‘dreams are crumbling’

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 25 Jul 2020

Those at historically disadvantaged universities feel abandoned while their peers at richer institutions continue with their studies

The student funding scheme changes lives – it’s too important to fail

Education Bongekile Macupe - 25 Jul 2020

We need a NSFAS that is run effectively and efficiently to serve poor and working class young people who want to change their lives through education.

Schools to close for a month due to Covid infection surge — Ramaphosa

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe & Lester Kiewit - 23 Jul 2020

The academic year will extend into 2021 in a ‘deliberately cautious approach’ as president confirms South Africa has world’s fifth-highest Covid-19 infection tally

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South African universities record 22 deaths from Covid-19

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 23 Jul 2020

A Universities South Africa survey shows that 20 people — 19 staff members and one student — at local universities have died after contracting the coronavirus

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Teacher unions know their power — and how to use it

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 16 Jul 2020

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

Another teachers union calls for schools to be closed

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 14 Jul 2020

Naptosa says it is irresponsible to keep schools open and that this is affecting the mental and physical health of teachers and learners

Sadtu calls for the closure of schools

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 14 Jul 2020

Citing cases such as a school to which only four learners returned, to be met by 20 teachers, the union said Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on learning

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