In 2022, the out-of-school rate was 10.54% for boys, compared with 8.17% for girls
It’s detractors say the party has accepted the 30% pass because it is enjoying the benefits of the government of national unity
The deliberations on clauses 4 and 5 have been extended by a further three months
The advocacy group said despite highlighting infrastructure as one of its main pillars, the policy statement offered little in terms of commitments to fixing school infrastructure backlogs
The Centre for Development and Enterprise has estimated that South Africa will need 456,000 teachers by 2025 for the country to offer quality education
The class of 2023 has obtained the second-highest results in the history of the NSC, according to the basic education department
Second highest rate in history of the National Senior Certificate exams and all provinces saw an improvement, with none scoring below 70%
Most of SA’s youth will be left behind without investment in technology and infrastructure to support online learning from basic education up
Funding, collaboration and innovation can improve the skills and prospects of young South Africans
Despite a number of laws being in place to ensure education is equal and accessible not all children enjoy this right
Having Black teachers in the classrooms of what are commonly still considered ‘white schools’ would not only be beneficial to Black learners, but to learners of all races
Basic education is an immediately realisable right in the Constitution, but we must define the terms
For the next three months we all must critically engage with the education sector to halt the flood of a generation slipping through.
‘He was like a loving father,’ says community member of murdered teacher in Philippi, Western Cape
People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations
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 minister of basic education released the 2020 matric results on Monday, announcing that the overall pass rate has declined from 2019
Angie Motshekga was speaking to learners in a secondary school in Pretoria
Education department delays 2021 academic year as the Covid-19 death and infection rates rise rapidly, but assures 2020 matrics that results will be released on time
Covid disrupted the 2020 academic year but catchup plans have been hatched in the nine provinces, including extra lessons, earlier class times, and subject-specific boot camps
The first investigation into the maths paper two leak is expected to be concluded by the end of November.
Given Covid-19, the ensuing lockdown, and the number of school days lost, the odds have been stacked against this year’s matrics. But our country’s children have previously shown us just how resilient they are
The schools rationalisation programme is two decades old, but is still plagued by inconsistencies
We cannot simply accept that 75 000 young people or more have dropped out of school this year and that life continues as normal — we need to give them opportunities
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
Contradictory pandemic regulations could to be putting critical training in jeopardy
After a week’s delay, the basic education minister said the majority of schools are ready to open, but added that ‘the golden rule is, there will be no school that will resume, if not ready to do so’
The way in which Angie Motshekga has handled the reopening of schools has caused many people to lose confidence in her
Protests by local suppliers have delayed PPE delivery, which according to the DBE, is one of the reasons the reopening of schools has been pushed back until June 8
The department of basic education has developed guidelines to assist schools with minimising the spread of the coronavirus
Personal protective equipment had not been delivered to all schools, some had not been cleaned and some provinces were still in a process of recruiting people who will be responsible for screening for Covid-19
With schools set to reopen as the lockdown eases, teachers say too few classrooms, dodgy toilets and inadequate water make it difficult to teach safely