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Western Cape Education Crisis Movement pushing WCED to reconsider teacher job cuts
The Western Cape Education Crisis Movement has intensified its call for the provincial Education Department to reconsider its decision to…
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DA urges govt to find alternate areas for budget cuts to save teachers’ jobs
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said the Education Department’s funding crisis to retain teachers jobs is the direct result of Treasury’s…
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Dad blames Eastern Cape Education for son’s death
A distraught Eastern Cape father is blaming the Education Department for the death of his son. The Grade 12 Rocklands…
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Gauteng pupil left traumatized after teacher cut his hair
A Gauteng teacher faces disciplinary action from the Education Department, for allegedly cutting a pupil’s hair, because they were late…
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Education Dept concerned over spate of suicides at a Gauteng high school
The National Education Department has raised concerns about the recent spate of suicides at a Gauteng high school over the…
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Man jailed for hacking education department’s bank account 13 years ago
A 44-year-old man who hacked the bank accounts of the Eastern Cape education department and stealing almost R600,000 has been…
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Limpopo education dept saddened by death of second learner
Limpopo’s education department has expressed its sadness at the death of a second learner following a collision between a private…
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Cape Town taxi strike: Some scholar transport drivers halt services over safety fears
The Western Cape Scholar Transport Board said that with the safety of pupils and drivers top of mind, a number…
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eThekwini education offices in the dark
The Labour Department has closed off some parts of the Pinetown District Education building. The Education Department was served with…
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City of Ekurhuleni to send private security to cable theft hot spots in Boksburg
The City of Ekurhuleni said that as part of its cable theft intervention, it would assign a private security team…
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KZN Education Dept concerned over lack of improvement in matric maths results
The unsolvable maths question in last year’s matric exams may have contributed to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education failing to…
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Matric results to be released on Thursday
Education quality assurance body, Umalusi, has confirmed that the matric results will be released will on Thursday, with pupils able…
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Matric results out on 19 January – Education Department
The matric class of 2022 can expect their results on 19 January 2023. In a tweet, the Education Department says…
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Principal caught with school pupil claims they were in a relationship
The 52-year-old deputy principal accused of having s.e.xual relations with a learner said he and the girl were in a…
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Gauteng Education advises parents not to shut down or disrupt learning when unhappy with department
The Gauteng Education Department has appealed to parents not to shut down schools or disrupt learning when disgruntled with the…
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Limpopo Social Department says migration of ECD from Basic Education went smoothly
The Limpopo Social Development Department says it had a smooth transition in handing over the administration functions of Early Childhood…
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Mobile classrooms to be put up following KZN floods
Mobile classrooms will be assembled in Kwazulu-Natal from Tuesday. The provincial Education Department says they are an interim measure to…
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More children and teachers return to schools in KZN
The Education Department says it’s encouraged that more children are returning to school in KwaZulu-Natal. A total of 124 schools…
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Manenberg school dealing with 2 s.e.x scandals
A Manenberg school has been embroiled in two s.e.x scandals. Six boys between the ages of 14 and 17 are…
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Mitchells Plain teacher resigned after she was allegedly s.e.xually assaulted
A Mitchells Plain high school teacher has filed a complaint with police, alleging that a department head at the school…
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