Teacher Strike

Union threatens chaos during midyear exams if the ruling party doesn’t accede to its wishes.

The Suid Afrikaanse Onderwyser-Unie has served the GDE with notice to appear before the Labour Court over hat it calls "illegal strike deductions".

In an unprecedented move, the Northern Cape education department has scrapped matric prelim exams for the class of 2010.

With such little time left I have serious reservations that we will finish the syllabus. Even if we try to, it would be a rushed process’

As teachers trickled back to work after their strike was suspended on Monday, unions looked to be heading for a showdown over the no work, no pay rule

KwaZulu-Natal matric preliminary exams should be cancelled and the time used to prepare for the final examinations, Sadtu said on Tuesday.

One of Sadtu’s most militant leaders, Ronald Nyathi, has indicated that the teacher’s strike could be soon be over because his region has accepted the state’s revised wage offer.

Teachers hijacked by ‘narrow-minded daredevils, says expert.

The DA has questioned the department of basic education’s ability to ensure that the no-work, no-pay rule for striking teachers is enforced.

Signs of a split in unions’ response to government’s latest wage offer emerged on Tuesday, with Sadtu suggesting they could reject the offer.

With no end in sight to the crippling teacher strike, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has appealed to the public to assist matric learners.

Some schools in Gauteng have said they will not implement the provincial education department’s ruling on Wednesday to postpone matric prelim exams.

There is "no chance" the final matric exams will be postponed, the national department of basic education said on Wednesday.

The Gauteng department of education said on Wednesday that it will implement study groups to continue learning during the public sector strike.

Teachers embarking on strike action has a damaging impact on education, writes <b>Graeme Bloch</b>.