Western Cape Department Of Education
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Parents worry that learners’ misuse of electronic educational devices goes unchecked by schools
Parents want the Gauteng education department to create a system to monitor the content on the electronic devices
Learners moving to other provinces puts education departments under pressure
Gauteng and the Western Cape struggle to put children in class, but Limpopo and the Eastern Cape are closing schools as enrolment plummets
‘W Cape, fix unplaced pupils crisis’
Civil rights organisations want the department to find a permanent solution to the problem
Parents, W Cape education department clash over Rustenburg school racism allegations
Parents are outraged after the Western Cape education department denied that black teacher Nozipho Mthembu was mistreated
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"
Pupils Speak Out: ‘They called us the ‘K’ word and told us to go back to the township’
Philippi High School pupils give their account of events on March 6, when police with stun grenades repelled them from the WC education department.
Pupils who ‘stood up for their rights’
For Khayelitsha learners, their recent protests against deprivation became a story of hope.
Western Cape school closures case back in court
Communities were not properly consulted before a decision was taken to close a number of schools, the Western Cape High Court has heard.
System fails child rape victim
An eight-year-old Worcester boy told his teacher and his mother that he was repeatedly raped, beaten and threatened by children at his school.