Northern Cape could request a deviation from daily school attendance following COVID-19 situation assessment
The Northern Cape Department of Education says if the COVID-19 situation does not improve, they will
Frustrated Malebogo residents slam education department for incomplete school
Residents of Malebogo at Hertzogville, in the Free State, say they’ve been undermined by the
Hundreds of learners taught in a makeshift school near Cape Flats
More than 450 learners are receiving tuition on a field adjacent to Old Faure Road, next to Forest
Parents at Eastern Cape school call for government’s intervention to improve infrastructure
Parents of learners at Lindobuhle Junior Secondary School at Qandu village in Port St Johns in the
Schools in Kenya to reopen on Monday
Schools in Kenya will reopen on Monday, starting with Grade 4, Class 8 and Form 4.
Over 53 000 learners unaccounted for since reopening of schools: Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says while there’s been an improvement on attendance.
Gauteng parents have seven days to accept the school for Grade 1 and 8 applicants
Gauteng parents who’ve applied to have their children enrolled in Grade 1 and 8 next year have seven
NATU calls for extension period of substitute teachers
The National Teacher’s Union (NATU) has called on the Department of Basic Education to reconsider
98 learners in Eastern Cape school test positive for COVID-19
The Joe Gqabi Municipality in the Eastern Cape has confirmed that 98 learners from Ethembeni
COVID-19 safety measures should be maintained under Alert Level 1: Education expert
Education expert Mary Metcalfe says basic protocols of preventing the spread of the coronavirus
Chickens roost in Kenya’s empty classrooms amid COVID-19 shutdown
No students have thundered down these eerily quiet corridors since March, when Kenya abruptly closed
Basic Education anticipating increase in dropout rates
The Basic Education Department says it is anticipating an increase in dropout rates due to extended
Motshekga says pass one, pass all rule will not apply for learners
The Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga says there’s not going to be a pass one, pass all
Learners returning to school around South Africa
Millions of learners in South Africa are returning to school on Monday morning. In Gauteng, many
Gauteng continues with school feeding scheme for learners as lockdown persists
Gauteng schools have been distributing food parcels to poor learners as the coronavirus lockdown
Listicle: Reasons why parents can choose not to send a learner to school
Parents, caregivers, or designated family members of learners have the option of not returning the
Teaching, learning resume for grade 12 across SA without major challenges
Grade 12 learners across the country are back in class after a one week break. Announcing the
2020 school year to end on 15 December
The Department of Basic Education on Saturday released a revised school calendar, which shows that
Higher, Basic Education should be declared as frontline departments: DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on National Treasury to declare the Departments of Basic and
‘Motshekga failed to provide psycho-social support for learners, teachers’
The National Professional Teachers Oganisation (Naptosa) says Basic Education Minister Angie