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

The scenes from last year, when learners finally returned to school after the hard lockdown, are about to play themselves out again

Because of the government’s indecisiveness, we have missed the boat on charting new territory for learning

The parents of the 2020 crisis have little say about their children’s education

After unions demanded that schools be closed this week, the department has said it is the cabinet’s prerogative to decide whether schools should close

Autumn matric camps cancelled as the actions of some provinces accused of being ‘tantamount to treason’ for wanting to keep them open

Despite Senate approving a reform that would abolish the corrupt sale and inheritance of teaching jobs, unions have continued protests in Mexico City.

The issue of payments to matric markers raises the same questions as the textbook debacle.

Twenty-five teachers are taking the basic education department to court to force it to pay them, it has been reported.

A teachers’ union now says it ‘will allow’ a court hearing of the principal accused of assault.

The Centre for Development and Enterprise has challenged the public education sector to form a social movement to improve education in South Africa.

The solution to the South African education system’s ills lies in more effective state policies.

The president of Sadtu has faced weeks of conflict, violence and condemnation, but remains committed to furthering working-class interests.