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Catch-2020: Schools at risk, open or closed

Education Zahraa McDonald - 16 Jul 2020

Losing an academic year is untenable, but a return to class must be safe and all learners must benefit

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Close the education gap by helping employees get their matric

Article Jackie Carroll - 16 Mar 2020

In a changing work environment and poor economic climate, the minimum requirement is a national senior certificate or similar

Educators: Watch your words – they can inspire or deflate

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 6 Mar 2020

In matric my friends and I got into trouble and were called into the principal’s office...

Are young South Africans set up for failure?

Analysis Zama Mthunzi - 3 Mar 2020

With 7.9-million young South Africans out of work or with very little education or training opportunities, who looks out for their aspirations?

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Motshekga congratulates poor, rural schools for producing brilliant learners

Article Bongekile Macupe - 7 Jan 2020

With 12-million students in 26 000 schools, the education system is under pressure to teach the next generation. Education minister says it’s working

Jail awaits if you fake your matric

Article Bongekile Macupe - 13 Jul 2018

Education quality assurer Umalusi has raised a red flag about two websites that sell fake matric certificates, a criminal offence

All systems go as Matric exams kick off

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Oct 2017

The Department of Basic Education has said it is confident that the examination will run smoothly.

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It’s a tough 16/7 slog but ‘Merc C’ matrics are top of the class

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Feb 2017

A Limpopo school attributes its excellent results to the extra lessons it holds daily from 6pm to 11pm.

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The difference between achievement and excellence: Mathematics results for the NSC

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Jan 2017

You’ve got to feel for SAs matriculants, particularly if they come from poor families or attended underresourced schools.

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Editorial: Better matric marks start in grade R

Article Editorial - 20 May 2016

The national and provincial education departments to focus all their energies on assisting pupils in the crucial foundation phase.

Progressed matrics ‘not coping’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Jan 2016

Pushing pupils into grade 12 before they are ready causes more headaches than it solves, according to teachers.

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Why, as a teacher, I’m suspicious of latest matric results

Analysis Staff Reporter - 9 Jan 2014

We need to question the standard that has been set as acceptable for history, as well as the quality of the markers themselves, writes Maryke Bailey.

Matrics give Reserve Bank advice

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Dec 2012

In a pilot project, six schools were chosen to set the repo rate for the monetary policy committee. Aneesa Fazel reports.

Maths and science pupils ‘set up for disappointment’

Article David Macfarlane - 7 Jan 2011

The 2010 maths and science matric results rang alarm bells for some educationists.

Fewer matrics taking, passing maths

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jan 2011

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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