By focusing on scarce skills, the Katlehong schoolchildren are being primed to have a competitive edge in the job market

High marks in these exams can significantly enhance a student’s application

Angie Motshekga says 2021’s matrics are in ‘a class of their own’ for having persevered through Covid-19 pandemic for two years

Moving the national senior certificate exams forward also allows matrics who are old enough to cast their ballots on 1 November

Every year an average of 300 000 learners leave school before reaching matric. Rather than waiting for young people to become disengaged, there are easy ways we can set them up…

This follows an urgent application by individual learners and Sadtu, who wanted the court to set aside a decision by the department for a rewrite of two leaked matric exam papers

The Pretoria high court will rule tomorrow on the case of a rewrite of two matric exam papers that were leaked, after learners and a teachers union challenged the decision in court

This is after the minister announced on Friday that there would be a rewrite of the two subjects that have been leaked to protect the integrity of the exams

The maths and physical science question papers will be rewritten on 15 and 17 December to protect the credibility of the national senior certificate

Strict Covid protocols are in place for the exams, with special provision made for those who test positive

Given Covid-19, the ensuing lockdown, and the number of school days lost, the odds have been stacked against this year’s matrics. But our country’s children have previously shown…

Despite a court order, the education system is failing learners who do not have documents, both those born here and those from other countries

Just 7% of learners writing a two-year matric programme created to help them passed and a mere 0.003% got distinctions

The obsessive drive by provincial departments of education to be ranked the best performing province in the matric exams is dangerous and risks compromising the value of…

With 12-million students in 26 000 schools, the education system is under pressure to teach the next generation. Education minister says it’s working

Every year a flurry of suicides occur after matric results are announced. We need to help our children to put things in perspective

But librarians face difficulties in a society where the culture of reading is not widespread

This week, Bongekile Macupe looks at the provinces’ motivations for the excess workload put on matric students

When journalists send questions to government spokespersons, they do not do so because they are bored and have nothing to do

School district officials and principals can achieve great results if they collaborate meaningfully