Their basic education has been blamed for not preparing them for their first sexual encounters
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/ 3 February 2012
Majority of public schools lagging behind due to the slow delivery of important workbooks.
Education Minister Angie Motshekga has urged parents to make themselves available for nomination in the 2012 school governing body elections.
Various organisations are investigating the legal basis on which new regulations can be challenged.
The blame game over who is responsible for Limpopo schools’ textbook shortage continues, as the province locks horns with national government.
Despite a reported backlog of schools, provinces are closing them down in the thousands.
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/ 18 January 2012
Late applications for school places have dogged the first day of the school year in five of the country’s provinces.
Umalusi says none of the marks for the 11 adjusted matric subjects were changed by more than 5% and is part of a standardisation process.
Education experts say that the 2011 matric results show a worrying trend of high attrition at school level and low performance in critical subjects.
The class of 2011 has achieved a 70.2% matric pass rate — up from 67.8% in 2010, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced.
South Africa’s obsession with the matric pass rate is set to resurface as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga releases the 2011 matric pass rate.
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/ 30 December 2011
Umalusi has announced its approval of the release of the 2011 matric exam results after decreeing the exams ‘valid, fair and credible’.
The new curriculum and assessment policy (Caps) will enable teachers to spend more time in the classroom.
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/ 28 November 2011
Teachers’ union Sadtu has warned that teachers are becoming increasingly frustrated by the haphazard implementation of curriculum changes.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says they are considering subjecting school principals to competency tests before their appointment.
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/ 9 November 2011
The department of basic education is scrambling to avert a possible strike by 53 000 teachers — in the middle of the matric exams.
The increase in part-time matric students is definitely not an attempt to massage annual matric pass rates, the department of basic education insists.
Former education director general’s new schools website encourages censure rather than dialogue.
The education department is drafting a new plan to equip teachers with laptops after funding for the initial project was spent on salaries instead.
Local jazz musician, Simphiwe Dana, has set up an alternative funding mechanism for black schools.
The basic education department is going to beef up its efforts to attract young people to teaching.
A countrywide assessment of grade three and six pupils has revealed shockingly low levels of literacy and numeracy at schools.
A new planning framework for teacher education and development in the next 15 years was launched on Tuesday by the education department.
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.