Teachers joining a planned Sadtu protest march will face disciplinary procedures, says the basic education department.
An interim report into the alleged non-delivery of textbooks was being compiled and would soon be presented to Parliament, the SAHRC has said.
The Centre for Child Law is taking Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga back to court over the shortage of teachers in the Eastern Cape.
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union has intensified its industrial campaign targeting basic education director general Bobby Soobrayan.
Many grade 11 pupils don’t have all their books but teachers have been told not to talk about it.
Sadtu kicked off its industrial campaign to have department of basic education director general Bobby Soobrayan sacked from his position.
Storm clouds loom over basic education’s "inadequate" standards and unmet deadlines, writes Victoria John.
At least 98% of textbooks have been delivered to inland schools ahead of the first day of school on Wednesday, the basic education department said.
The Annual National Assessment results show that grade nine pupils scored on average a shocking 13% in maths.
Increasing legal cases highlight the department of education’s failure to provide basic school infrastructure, Victoria John reports.
The department of basic education has said that it has delivered all outstanding learning and teaching support materials to schools in Limpopo.
The South African Democratic Teachers Union has given Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga seven days to act on the Limpopo textbooks report.
The deputy minister of finance has admitted that the controversial newspaper advert placed by the department of basic education was ill-conceived.
A gauntlet has been thrown to the basic education department to stop "lying" about textbook supply in Limpopo and take responsibility.
Six schools in Cape Town are to receive the first specially trained "in-house" metro police officers to keep pupils and staff safe.
The Democratic Alliance says the basic education department is not using standard procedures for the purchasing of 2013 textbooks for Limpopo.
Presidential task team members believe Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga should be fired but President Jacob Zuma needs her women’s league.
Firing Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga or the provincial department’s minister will not result in meaningful change, writes Rapule Tabane.
Despite claims to the contrary, the ghost of former prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd lives on in South African society, says Nickolaus Bauer.
Team appointed to verify Limpopo textbook deliveries will have to go back to schools after holidays, observer says.
Angie Motshekga will oppose court action taken by Eastern Cape governing bodies over the failure to fill 64 752 teaching posts budgeted for this year.
The department of basic education faces court action over its failure to fully fill the tens of thousands of teaching posts the Eastern Cape needs.
The basic education department intends to go to court over a ruling compelling it to deliver monthly reports to a non-governmental organisation.
Eastern Cape’s education department superintendent general Modidima Mannya’s exit has paved the way for Angie Motshekga to stamp her authority.
KZN’s education minister has called on the government to commit a once-off lump sum towards education in SA — much like it did for World Cup.
Partnerships with education advocacy groups, NGOs and communities have become key in improving the quality of education in the country’s poor schools.
"Dismal system" means that many schools in the Eastern Cape don’t have enough teachers while others have too many of them.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has blasted Mamphela Ramphele on comments that the education system is worse off now than under apartheid.
Pravin Gordhan sticks to his guns and gives education the biggest portion of the national budget.
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Basic Education Minister Angie says public school teachers have to go where they are sent if they want to remain employed.
Parliament wants the national education task team back in the Eastern Cape despite hostility from local officials.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says progress is being made in education despite problems in staffing, fees and enrolment.