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Gauteng Education Department

Gauteng education department has ‘no duty’ to provide ECD centres
Education
/ 2 December 2024

Gauteng education department has ‘no duty’ to provide ECD centres

The Equal Education Law Centre has launched an application against the department over its failure to provide education to children affected by last year’s Usindiso fire

By Umamah Bakharia
Gauteng education department to limit access to schools after two shot dead
Education
/ 30 January 2024

Gauteng education department to limit access to schools after two shot dead

A Rand Water executive and his bodyguard were killed in a shooting the Zakariyya Park community hall where a school donation function was taking place

By Umamah Bakharia
Thousands of learners await placement for 2023 school year
Education
/ 3 October 2022

Thousands of learners await placement for 2023 school year

Gauteng schools feel the pressure to place more than 700 000 primary and secondary school pupils

By Kimberley Schoeman
Profits stripped from companies in unlawful R431m Gauteng schools tender
National
/ 11 February 2022

Profits stripped from companies in unlawful R431m Gauteng schools tender

The Special Tribunal has granted the Special Investigating Unit’s request to recover monies for irregular contracts to decontaminate schools of the coronavirus

By Khaya Koko
Teachers, lodge were negligent in Mpianzi’s death — report
Article
/ 5 March 2020

Teachers, lodge were negligent in Mpianzi’s death — report

Detailing the terror of children struggling without lifejackets after their rafts broke apart, the report said that teachers were distracted and contributed to the death of a learner

By Bongekile Macupe
Lesufi back in education a day after being sworn-in as finance MEC
Article
/ 31 May 2019

Lesufi back in education a day after being sworn-in as finance MEC

Gauteng Premier David Makhura bows to pressure inside and outside the ANC, returning Lesufi to his former post

By Natasha Marrian
Too late to register children for school on Wednesday — Lesufi
Article
/ 8 January 2019

Too late to register children for school on Wednesday — Lesufi

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says parents attempting to register their children today will not be successful

By Staff Reporter
Editorial: New school rules rule
Article
/ 14 December 2018

Editorial: New school rules rule

These regulations will give preferential rights to pupils to attend the school closest to them, no matter whether they apply first or last

By Editorial
This is how feeder zones will work
Article
/ 14 December 2018

This is how feeder zones will work

Schools must accept the nearest pupils first, regardless of their language or ability to pay

By Bongekile Macupe
Instil discipline in schools but don’t break the pupils
Article
/ 16 November 2018

Instil discipline in schools but don’t break the pupils

Discipline in schools is about authority and leadership

By Makubetse Sekhonyane
Gauteng school feeder zones expanded to 30km
Article
/ 16 November 2018

Gauteng school feeder zones expanded to 30km

Feeder zones are the geographical areas from which a school admits learners

By Gemma Ritchie
Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications
Article
/ 28 May 2018

Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications

Applications through the online admissions system opened on April 16 and will close at midnight on Tuesday morning

By Sarah Smit
Parktown Boys’ teacher to be held accountable for alleged racist rant
Article
/ 3 April 2018

Parktown Boys’ teacher to be held accountable for alleged racist rant

An art teacher, who has resigned from the school, allegedly threatened to blow up the boarding house and referred to his pupils as monkeys

By Christina Pitt
More than 11 000 pupils yet to be placed in Western Cape schools
Article
/ 23 January 2018

More than 11 000 pupils yet to be placed in Western Cape schools

"About 130 000 learners from other provinces and 2 000 learners from other countries have relocated to the Western Cape"

By Christina Pitt
Gauteng education committee calls for fewer disruptions in 2018
Article
/ 8 January 2018

Gauteng education committee calls for fewer disruptions in 2018

Mpisi encouraged parents and communities to effective learning and teaching throughout the year, by not participating in disruptive activities.

By Nation Nyoka
Number of pupils awaiting placement in Gauteng schools reduced by 20 000
Article
/ 19 January 2017

Number of pupils awaiting placement in Gauteng schools reduced by 20 000

Those anxiously waiting to be placed at schools include 7 092 pupils whose parents applied online.

By Prega Govender
Boom in low-fee private schools
Article
/ 9 December 2016

Boom in low-fee private schools

The rapidly expanding middle class wants a better education for their children.

By Staff Reporter
MEC stalls over high school funds row
Article
/ 24 September 2015

MEC stalls over high school funds row

Parents claim Panyaza Lesufi is ignoring some of the findings of two damning auditors’ reports.

By Victoria John
Dozens of Thembelihle kids not in school yet
Article
/ 24 January 2014

Dozens of Thembelihle kids not in school yet

About 40 Thembelihle children have not been admitted to schools yet, which parents have blamed on the Gauteng education department’s incompetency.

By Victoria John
‘Attacks on black pupils must end’
Article
/ 4 October 2013

‘Attacks on black pupils must end’

Parents take to the streets to protest against a school’s decision to only admit Afrikaans pupils.

By Bongani Nkosi
Gauteng school bus contract suspended
Article
/ 6 August 2013

Gauteng school bus contract suspended

The Gauteng department of education has suspended its bus contract with an unnamed company following an accident in which 38 pupils were injured.

By Sapa
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Article
/ 27 January 2012

Thembelihle pupils locked out of schools yet again

The Gauteng education department are dragging their feet to get pupils living in Thembelihle into schools in Lenasia.

By Bongani Nkosi
No image available
Article
/ 13 December 2011

Help on the way for struggling Gauteng schools

The Gauteng education department has launched an after school support initiative which stands to help thousands of pupils in underperforming schools.

By Thabo Mohlala
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Article
/ 11 November 2011

Early Childhood Development needs in the spotlight

The early development of children was the focus of a major conference in Gauteng last weekend.

By Victoria John
No image available
Article
/ 21 October 2011

Languages of excellence

A school is pioneering a new method of teaching multilingual children in early grades.

By Elbie Henning
Gauteng ‘under-spending’ on early childhood
Article
/ 9 August 2011

Gauteng ‘under-spending’ on early childhood

The Gauteng education department has only spent 14% of its budget for early childhood development, despite promises of increased spending.

By Victoria John

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