The department of basic education is not ready to hand over the complete running of the matric exams to the Mpumalanga department of education.
New evaluation authority will promote accountability and service delivery.
At the core of the debate about quality education is the crucial role played by the excellent educator.
There is no intention to remove the teaching of grammar from the school syllabus, a spokesperson for the minister of basic education said on Friday.
The allegations of impropriety are malicious and hollow, says the basic education department.
The 2010 maths and science matric results rang alarm bells for some educationists.
While the overall pass rate for matriculants had increased, the number of students who sat the mathematics paper and then passed, dropped in 2010.
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/ 1 November 2010
The DBE is aiming to utilise technology as a developmental tool for teacher education as well as integrating it into the school curriculum.
The role of school district officers was one of the critical issues under the spotlight at the Education Week Convention in Ekurhuleni this week.
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/ 29 September 2010
Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape are home to most of the country’s dysfunctional schools, which recorded the worst pass rates in the 2009 N
With no end in sight to the crippling teacher strike, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has appealed to the public to assist matric learners.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has urged striking teachers to respect their colleagues who chose not to get involved in the strike.
<strong>Nicola Jenvey</strong> reports on an initiative to put technology into school classrooms.
The department of basic education says schools were open on Tuesday, but urged parents to consider their children’s safety during the teacher strike.
New director general of basic education Bobby Soobrayan recently presented a turnaround plan for South Africa’s schools.
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/ 4 December 2009
The Department of Basic Education was back peddling this week following a groundswell of opposition against a “fundamentally flawed” tender.