Education

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Cutting of 2,400 teacher posts questioned in Western Cape Parliament

MEC for education David Maynier insists it is an “absolute last resort”

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Brief | 12 September 2024

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Activists organise to oppose teacher retrenchments

Over 2,400 posts to be lost by 1 January

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News | 7 September 2024

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There are 90 learners to a class in this Limpopo school

Such classes are uncontrollable, says a teacher

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News | 4 September 2024

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Eastern Cape school kept results from matriculant because she owed the school money

Education department apologises to learner and arranges for the family to get the results

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News | 28 August 2024

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Thousands of teaching posts to be cut in the Western Cape

Schools are expected to receive their 2025 staff allocations on Friday

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News | 27 August 2024

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New school for blind learners is nearly ready at last

Construction of new Rivoni School for the Blind started in 2021

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News | 27 August 2024

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Can you spell the word that decided this Joburg Spelling Bee competition?

Dozens of learners from inner-city schools competed in the 2nd Windybrow Arts Centre Spelling Bee competition

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Brief | 26 August 2024

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King promises to help as extortion hits Mthatha schools

Syndicate closing down businesses and schools

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News | 21 August 2024

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Learners being taught under trees as Limpopo school waits for classrooms to be fixed

Classroom block was destroyed by wind three years ago

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Brief | 14 August 2024

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Eastern Cape schools battle low learner numbers and teacher shortages

The education department wants to close some of these schools. But parents say they can’t afford transport fees to other schools.

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News | 8 August 2024

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QwaQwa 12-year-old wins international dance championship

Thato Mkwanazi from Phuthaditjhaba nabs the World Dance Masters line dance title in England

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Brief | 6 August 2024

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Khayelitsha parents desperate to find special needs schools for their children

Some children are on a waiting list for years

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News | 1 August 2024

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Government contractor misses yet another deadline on R123-million Gauteng school

Construction of the project started in 2022 to accommodate the school’s 1,200 learners

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Brief | 23 July 2024

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Makhanda learners demand maths teacher

Mary Waters Secondary School learners have been protesting since Monday

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Brief | 17 July 2024

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Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Parents of children with disabilities protested in May, demanding that government do more to help their children

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News | 5 June 2024

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State neglect of young children leads to lifelong damage

Only about one in four early learning programmes get subsidies, and that funding is only R17 per child per day and has not increased since 2019

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News | 21 May 2024