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Class of 2021, you have struggled through a generation-defining time. We are so proud of you, whatever the results on that piece of paper
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Hawks make arrest in matric maths paper leak

Themba Daniel Shikwambana, who works at a printing company, was granted bail and is due to return to court in January

  • Bongekile Macupe
2 min read
Equal Education has criticised last week’s medium term budget policy statement for what it said was a failure to provide adequate funding to the education sector
1986 STATE OF EMERGENCY

There are useful lessons to learn from the generation of the 1986 emergency

The parents of the 2020 crisis have little say about their children’s education

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
The gazette follows an announcement made by the department on Thursday that only three grades would return to school on Monday July 6.
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

New August 31 deadline for the last learners to return to school

In an amendment published in the Government Gazette on Tuesday, the basic education minister has made further changes to the school return dates for different grades

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
The task team set up by Angie Motshekga
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

‘Move away from shallow history’

The basic education department’s task team says a deeper connection to the subject must be nurtured

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
IEC chair Pansy Tlakula’s case highlights the clash of public versus private interests.
COUNCIL OF EDUCATION MINISTERS

Spare the penalty, spoil the ‘cheats’

Pupils at 18 schools were accused of copying during their matric exams, but didn’t show up for hearings. Now they’re being allowed to rewrite

  • Prega Govender
5 min read
COUNCIL OF EDUCATION MINISTERS

Textbook revelation astounds watchdogs

In a surprise move, the basic education department has announced it only planned to provide every child with a textbook by 2014.

  • Bongani Nkosi
3 min read
CAPE TOWN

Pandor: Significant school dropout rate after grade nine

A ”significant” number of children drop out of the schooling system after grade nine, Education Minister Naledi Pandor said in Cape Town on Monday. ”South Africa is doing very…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
CAPE TOWN

Higher salaries to come for teachers

Proposals are on the table to increase the salary scale of teachers substantially, Education Minister Naledi Pandor said on Monday. Speaking in Cape Town after a meeting of the…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read