Of the number of pupils who passed, 153 610 achieved bachelor, 161 333 diploma and 86 265 higher certificates passes
This comes after several disruptions which took place at the school last week.
Mapaila has been one of the most vocal critics of Zuma, demanding that he step down as the head of state.
Worker’s Day commemorations are expected to be attended by both Zuma’s friends and foes with divisions likely to play out publicly
If you increase the number of schools then you must increase the resources and the number of officials.
It’s no coincidence that the poorest black schools with the worst outcomes are under Sadtu’s dominion.
A new report highlights the need for children to be able to ‘read for meaning’ by grade three so that they do not struggle in matric.
Teachers’ union Sadtu tends to believe that it can dictate education policy. However without them the minister can’t do much.
A Port Elizabeth school is livid with its absent principal, who is well enough to punt a new union but is yet to show up at school.
Contradicting stances by government leaders makes the potential revival of teacher colleges even harder to do than it already is.
The department of basic education wants to block the reappointment of public school teachers who have resigned in order to access their pension funds.
The education department is offering pupils the option to learn a Chinese language, but the union wants more emphasis placed on indigenous languages.
The new curriculum has presented serious challenges, but experts are confident that a good base has been formed and the pass rate will rise.
The department of basic education announced it will begin an investigation into allegations that union members were selling teacher posts.
President Jacob Zuma has appealed to leaders within the alliance to put their differences aside to ensure it continues to be a leader in society.
Expelled and suspended members of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union have resolved to form a trade union open to all public sector workers.
Suspended teacher union members insist their removal ahead of key conferences is a ploy by a Cosatu faction.
Sadtu has vowed to strike if the education department doesn’t address what the union’s long-standing issues, such as unpaid salaries.
Sadtu president Thobile Ntola has criticised his expulsion along with the union’s provincial body and Numsa.
Eastern Cape’s Sadtu has threatened to withhold R2-million in membership fees from Cosatu in protest against the suspension of Zwelinzima Vavi.
The department of education should insist that matric markers are properly qualified.
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa says education will only improve if teachers take competency tests, assessments that Sadtu has called demeaning.
Efforts to address past injustices have lowered the bar for education in South Africa, says Agang SA leader Maphela Ramphele.
In a declaration after its national general council, Sadtu has urged its members to support Cosatu’s suspension of general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Thobile Ntola, president of teacher union Sadtu, has become the first casualty of the intense battle to remove the federation’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
The basic education department wants the Labour Court to accept that Bobby Soobrayan made a pure error when he agreed to a 100% wage increment.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has accepted the censure imposed on him by Corruption Watch while calling for better protection of women.
The South African Democratic Teachers Union wants to be represented at basic education director general bobby Soobrayan’s disciplinary hearing.
Sadtu says it will ramp up its mobilisation for the axing of Bobby Soobrayan, the director general of the basic education department.
The Western Cape wants teacher union Sadtu to pay the legal costs should 17 schools in the province lose their legal battle to stay open.
For 10 years the Eastern Cape has failed to deal adequately with sick teachers and vacant posts.
Considering the amount of time children spend at school, there is no doubt that teachers play a role in shaping the way children conduct themselves.