Kids need to learn how to think to survive in the new world
The new school administration system will streamline and simplify management processes
During an interview, Eusebius McKaiser questioned Angie Motshekga on history as a compulsory subject, the teacher-pupil ratio and violence in schools
The task team was established in 2015 after there was a ‘perceived lack of knowledge of the country’s history among learners’
The programme will support people involved in raising and educating children
Treasury has allocated an initial R29.2-million to the rural education assistant project
During the department’s budget vote speech, the minister emphasised that budget cuts will make it difficult to deliver safe infrastructure
Michael’s parents lodged several claims against the Basic Education Department after their five-year-old drowned in a pit latrine in 2014
The ANC is becoming a threat to the opposition again,and another child was found dead in a pit toilet at school. Read this and more.
A five-year-old girl has perished in the Eastern Cape, bringing school infrastructure into focus
Clinical psychologist, Steven Molepo, testified earlier in the week that the family had not found closure with Michael’s death.
The third day of the ongoing trial in the civil lawsuit brought by the Komape family had Michael’s older sister testify.
James Komape, Michael’s father, was the second witness to be called to testify this afternoon in the trial that started on Monday.
It was the start of little Michael’s schooling career when he met his untimely death.
Some students say that NPO Numeric has an illegitimate relationship with bursary scheme Funza Lushaka, as it uses student bursaries to fund itself.
To minimise the impact of the higher promotion requirements in the senior phase, the department had allowed for the adjustment of marks.
"In court papers Solidarity argues that the selection criteria exclude white students from receiving a bursary."
So much research has been done on what basic education needs. It must now be used
Minister says entire education landscape must be reviewed
The High Court in Johannesburg has handed down a ruling on religion in public schools, saying that schools can’t promote one religion.
The department believes it will promote equality but others say it’d be wiser to improve public schooling
Sexuality education forms part of the Life Orientation curriculum in South African schools to help learners navigate the challenges of growing up
Compensation from provincial education departments is a pittance while schools grant hundreds of millions of rands, depleting their budgets.
Basic education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said pupils at a few schools in Giyani, Limpopo had access to the maths paper before it was written.
Though well intended, the plan’s focus should be on primary schools, say its critics.
To a large extent, all education is based on the skills a pupil acquires in the first three years of school, writes Brahm Fleisch and Stephen Taylor.
Groundbreaking technology could revolutionise the future for the blind – but the exorbitant costs make it inaccessible.
The state said they should not have known that the toilet Michael Komape drowned in was unsafe for use.
Observers are shocked by the presidency’s decision to investigate the awarding of just one tender in its EC education department probe.
A damning report held back from the public highlights the extent of cronyism and the influence of unions in filling education positions.
The department of basic education wants to block the reappointment of public school teachers who have resigned in order to access their pension funds.
The education department is offering pupils the option to learn a Chinese language, but the union wants more emphasis placed on indigenous languages.