Education System

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said the notion that 30% constituted a pass mark was political sloganism

The national education policy stresses the need to ensure educators have the training and skills to support kids with disabilities, such as hearing loss. But a 2024 study found…

As with most government initiatives, top-down reforms in the education sector tend to be slow-moving and difficult to adapt, no matter how cleverly designed and workable they…

Teacher training programmes need to cultivate a social consciousness to transform a system that abjects black learners

Human Rights Watch warns that learners may take years to recover from the damage caused by school closures

Schooling is stuck in the 1950s, but technology must be blended with the basics of education

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

It may well be that we have warm bodies in schools, but to think their minds are highly productive is a reach

Evidence shows schools are not ready as the department pushes them to reopen in 10 days

COMMENT As the department of basic education struggles with when and how to reopen schools, we must remember that most of the world is equally at a loss. Almost all children in…

We summarise the legal battles fought to improve the quality of education in South Africa.

Policymakers and pundits, however, must ensure novel solutions do not exacerbate the inequalities of the South African education system

Our final freedom is the choice we make in our attitude to difficult circumstances — as the stories of 16 exceptional teachers show

The government, business, labour and civil society must work together to link potential employees to productive and decent jobs

These include improving teachers’ knowledge and pay, and teaching in the mother tongue