The pupils fell ill after consuming a meal provided under the school’s nutrition programme and snacks
Despite desegregation, schools tend to retain their historical learner and teacher racial profiles
A geographer and teacher reflects on how physical spaces can influence emotional places
The Paarl campus of Green School South Africa uses solar power and climate-smart water management systems.
Learners from grade R to 12 return on Wednesday to school for a new academic year.
Schools that boast of perfect pass rates often do so at the expense of weaker learners who are rooted out well ahead of the final exams.
Our government needs to interrogate our education system because worse is still to come through the hands of the youngsters who they have failed
People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations
The long wait to move early childhood development teachers to the department of basic education will be over in nine months, but this does not mean all of them are yet in line to be vaccinated
The learner was 13 when the alleged rapes started, and they continued for two years until she asked to be moved to another school
Some principals do not have the skills to compile bullying reports; others fear being victimised. This has led to children battling the scourge alone
New regulations give direction on what sanctions should be imposed on disgraceful teachers, including lifetime bans for serious offences
Ramaphosa says regaining learning time lost to the coronavirus pandemic will be a priority this year, but does not specify how
The scenes from last year, when learners finally returned to school after the hard lockdown, are about to play themselves out again
This follows an urgent application by individual learners and Sadtu, who wanted the court to set aside a decision by the department for a rewrite of two leaked matric exam papers
Given Covid-19, the ensuing lockdown, and the number of school days lost, the odds have been stacked against this year’s matrics. But our country’s children have previously shown us just how resilient they are
We cannot simply accept that 75 000 young people or more have dropped out of school this year and that life continues as normal — we need to give them opportunities
Only a few households have access to the internet and students and learners , but educators can find ways to improve reading for meaning and digital knowledge
Despite the department of basic education’s announcement that teachers and learners were given orientation about the coronavirus, anecdotal evidence doesn’t bear this out
Only grades six, 11 and R will return to school as expected, with the rest to be phased in later in the month
Contradictory pandemic regulations could to be putting critical training in jeopardy
The teenagers, who clearly understood that race is fluid – some even changed their identity – felt shunned. If race is socially constructed, they should not be ignored.
A report from Unesco highlights a lack of access to online learning: only 12% of learners in sub-Saharan Africa can connect to the internet at home
Education and the education of teachers is already a complex issue and even more so in rapidly-changing global circumstances
Interventions produce great results
‘I believe in talking with children in order to bring and find lasting behavioural change’
Kids need to learn how to think to survive in the new world
The new school administration system will streamline and simplify management processes
The Gauteng Department of Education is under immense financial pressure, trying to place 63 456 students before the school year for 2018 starts.
It is exploring the idea of asking more food manufacturers to provide poor learners with a morning meal.
Parents and teachers need to understand LGBTQI+ children who need a ‘safe place’.
A replication of our social system, education must become a social concern. Simple things like music and reading will change children’s lives.