Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has vowed to cut the ”frills” out of outcomes-based education (OBE) and get back to teaching the basics in public schools.
Teacher bodies have welcomed the appointment of Angie Motshekga in the post of minister for basic education, but have warned that she will have her work cut out for her.
Research indicates that Autism, a complex brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, is on the rise.
Representatives from the department of education and the Fifa Local Organising Committee (LOC) last week visited a school in Mafikeng to meet the winners of the North West Province leg of the School Confederations Cup.
Each year thousands of South Africans are infected with tuberculosis. March has been declared national TB awareness month to coincide with World TB day on March 24.
The national education department has urged political parties against campaigning in schools ahead of the general elections scheduled for April 2009.
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/ 27 February 2009
Following a call for schools to sponsor at least one intern teacher each, the University of South Africa (Unisa) has made a number of mentor bursaries available.
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/ 24 February 2009
The national education department has highlighted incompetence or neglect of duty as the main factors in the delay in the release of matric results.
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/ 10 February 2009
The department of education has given its stamp of approval for the 2008 senior certificate maths examination papers.
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/ 28 January 2009
January is skin cancer awareness month and, as 80% of skin damage occurs before the age of 18, children are at high risk of contracting skin disease.