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latest news & developmentsPlan in place to recover ‘lost’ school days
Autumn matric camps cancelled as the actions of some provinces accused of being ‘tantamount to treason’ for wanting to keep them open
Delayed supp exams raise red flag
Educators say the state’s Second Chance programme doesn’t provide enough support to pupils who failed matric
Rural teachers to get critical backup from assistants
Treasury has allocated an initial R29.2-million to the rural education assistant project
Late payday highlights plight of grade R teachers
It may still be a year or two before grade R teachers are fully absorbed into the country’s basic education system
Class of 2017 achieves a 75.1% pass rate
Of the number of pupils who passed, 153 610 achieved bachelor, 161 333 diploma and 86 265 higher certificates passes
Debt gobbles teachers’ pensions
Educators want to draw on funds while they are working, rather than resigning to get money
Naptosa rejects Gauteng department of education’s new teacher requirements
Teachers are refusing unfair labour practice and ensuring they are more than just administrators.
Soobrayan should face consequences of ‘rubber-stamping’ agreement
The basic education department’s advocate says Bobby Soobrayan was not authorised to sign the agreement, which makes it null and void.
Cosatu intervenes to end E Cape teachers’ go-slow
Cosatu has been mediating between teachers and the Eastern Cape education department to end the go-slow at schools over poor working conditions.
Teacher bonus ban could head for court
Various organisations are investigating the legal basis on which new regulations can be challenged.
Revamped assessment methods in 2012
The new curriculum and assessment policy (Caps) will enable teachers to spend more time in the classroom.
Sadtu is ‘self-serving’, says DA
A row between Sadtu and the DA is brewing over a Bill that seeks to limit the striking rights of teachers.
Public servants’ pay increase ‘technically correct’
The proposed 10,5% salary increase for public servants is technically correct, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa said in Pretoria on Thursday.