Make no mistake: the autonomy of such institutions does not trump the Constitution.
Panyaza Lesufi will replace former education DG Bobby Soobrayan, who has been "redeployed" to "other responsibilities in government".
Equal Education says it won in this settlement with the basic education minister, while the department says it was the one vindicated with the ruling.
Many grade 11 pupils don’t have all their books but teachers have been told not to talk about it.
Research conducted in South Africa shows two thirds of the grade 6 learners surveyed did not know enough about HIV/Aids to protect their health.
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/ 11 November 2011
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union could not guarantee that a strike by 53 000 teachers would not disrupt matric exams.
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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.
Shortages of teachers and textbooks and belated efforts to enrol children were some of the problems plaguing public schools on the first day of term on Wednesday, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said. ”It’s clear that the shortage of classrooms and teachers is dire. One teacher told us that there are between 60 and 70 children to one class.”
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/ 24 December 2007
A national plan is in place to give thousands of matriculants who are not expected to pass this year a second chance, a newspaper reported on Monday. ”Education departments confirmed on Sunday that the plan was being finalised at provincial level,” the report in Beeld said.