Gauteng Education Department
latest news & developmentsGauteng education department has ‘no duty’ to provide ECD centres
The Equal Education Law Centre has launched an application against the department over its failure to provide education to children affected by last year’s Usindiso fire
Gauteng education department to limit access to schools after two shot dead
A Rand Water executive and his bodyguard were killed in a shooting the Zakariyya Park community hall where a school donation function was taking place
Thousands of learners await placement for 2023 school year
Gauteng schools feel the pressure to place more than 700 000 primary and secondary school pupils
Profits stripped from companies in unlawful R431m Gauteng schools tender
The Special Tribunal has granted the Special Investigating Unit’s request to recover monies for irregular contracts to decontaminate schools of the coronavirus
Teachers, lodge were negligent in Mpianzi’s death — report
Detailing the terror of children struggling without lifejackets after their rafts broke apart, the report said that teachers were distracted and contributed to the death of a…
Lesufi back in education a day after being sworn-in as finance MEC
Gauteng Premier David Makhura bows to pressure inside and outside the ANC, returning Lesufi to his former post
Too late to register children for school on Wednesday — Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says parents attempting to register their children today will not be successful
Editorial: New school rules rule
These regulations will give preferential rights to pupils to attend the school closest to them, no matter whether they apply first or last
This is how feeder zones will work
Schools must accept the nearest pupils first, regardless of their language or ability to pay
Instil discipline in schools but don’t break the pupils
Discipline in schools is about authority and leadership
Gauteng school feeder zones expanded to 30km
Feeder zones are the geographical areas from which a school admits learners
Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications
Applications through the online admissions system opened on April 16 and will close at midnight on Tuesday morning
Parktown Boys’ teacher to be held accountable for alleged racist rant
An art teacher, who has resigned from the school, allegedly threatened to blow up the boarding house and referred to his pupils as monkeys
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"
Gauteng education committee calls for fewer disruptions in 2018
Mpisi encouraged parents and communities to effective learning and teaching throughout the year, by not participating in disruptive activities.