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‘Decision not to rewrite has caused a crisis,’ says basic education head

Education Bongekile Macupe - 14 Dec 2020

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

Teachers applying for jobs must be vetted more strictly

Education Bongekile Macupe - 11 Dec 2020

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

‘No national matric rewrite’, says court

Education Bongekile Macupe - 11 Dec 2020

This follows an urgent application by individual learners and Sadtu, who wanted the court to set aside a decision by the department for a rewrite of two leaked matric exam papers

Matric results may be withheld if rewrite decision is set aside

Education Bongekile Macupe - 10 Dec 2020

The Pretoria high court will rule tomorrow on the case of a rewrite of two matric exam papers that were leaked, after learners and a teachers union challenged the decision in court

Social media a powerful tool in education

Education Nape Senong - 10 Dec 2020

The Phepha uFunde case study shows how Twitter and Facebook can mobilise change

Sadtu says Motshekga bowed to pressure from Umalusi to allow rewrite

Education Bongekile Macupe - 9 Dec 2020

The teachers union and several learners will appear before the Pretoria high court on Thursday, where they will ask that Motshekga’s decision for a national rewrite of two leaked matric exams be set aside

Learners take Motshekga to court over matric rewrite

Education Bongekile Macupe - 8 Dec 2020

This is after the minister announced on Friday that there would be a rewrite of the two subjects that have been leaked to protect the integrity of the exams

Parents owe it to their children to take part in how schools are run

Education Bongekile Macupe - 6 Dec 2020

Do parents even know that they have a say in the school calendar or do they wait to get the letters at the end of the year telling them when schools close and open?

Theory of constraints brings benefits

Education Kathija Yassim - 6 Dec 2020

The pandemic inspired 10 principals in Limpopo to study through ‘play’ how to learn to learn again — and what is really important in education

Matrics to rewrite two leaked exam papers

Education Bongekile Macupe - 4 Dec 2020

The maths and physical science question papers will be rewritten on 15 and 17 December to protect the credibility of the national senior certificate

Hawks make arrest in matric maths paper leak

Education Bongekile Macupe - 1 Dec 2020

Themba Daniel Shikwambana, who works at a printing company, was granted bail and is due to return to court in January

Nehawu leaders are ‘betraying us’

Education Bongekile Macupe - 28 Nov 2020

The accusation by a branch of the union comes after it withdrew from a parliamentary process

We must keep Covid-19’s gains in education

Coronavirus David Harrison - 27 Nov 2020

COMMENT: The disaster regulations mandated zero-rating for some websites. Now it is time to expand this access

Student funding scheme gets new chief executive and board

Education Bongekile Macupe - 26 Nov 2020

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has been under administration for two years after its board was dissolved and its boss resigned not even halfway through his term