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Gauteng Education Dept makes over 4,000 satellite schools available to tackle overcrowding
Gauteng Education Dept makes over 4,000 satellite schools available to tackle overcrowding! The Gauteng Education Department has taken significant steps…
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Parents of unplaced children complain of poor treatment at GDE’s Joburg district office
Frustrated parents whose children have not yet been assigned to a school have complained about the poor treatment received at…
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Gauteng Education Department mourns loss of 2 learners at Riverlea primary school
Gauteng Education Department mourns loss of 2 learners at Riverlea primary school! The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is reeling…
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Gauteng Health officials investigating suspected food poisoning that saw 21 pupils from Tsakane hospitalized
Gauteng Health officials investigating suspected food poisoning that saw 21 pupils from Tsakane hospitalized! The Gauteng Education Department, in collaboration…
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Vendors criticise Gauteng Education Dept’s ban on selling of food at schools
Vendors criticise Gauteng Education Dept’s ban on selling of food at schools! The Gauteng Education Department has implemented a new…
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More than 3,000 teacher posts at risk in Gauteng amid R4.5 billion budget cut
The Gauteng Education Department has committed to finding alternative ways to mitigate the impact of a R4.5 billion budget cut…
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Gauteng will not be increasing number of teachers next year
The Gauteng Education Department says it will not be increasing the number of teachers next year due to budgetary constraints…
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Gauteng Education Dept to begin 2025 placement on Monday
With the Gauteng Education Department set to begin its placement process on Monday, it says parents can rest assured that…
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Gauteng police probing deaths of 3 siblings who fell ill at school
Gauteng police have launched an investigation into the deaths of three siblings who fell ill at a school in Evaton.…
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Pretoria Girls High pupils accused of racism cleared of wrongdoing
Twelve pupils suspended for alleged racism at the Pretoria High School for Girls have been cleared of wrongdoing. This follows…
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Gauteng Education Department waiting for Pretoria High School for Girls report
The Gauteng Education Department says it is waiting for the official report from Pretoria High School for Girls on the…
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Principal at Pretoria Girls’ High suspended amid fresh racism allegations at school
The Gauteng Education Department has suspended the principal at Pretoria Girls’ High, amid fresh allegations of racism at the school.…
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Gauteng Education retracts notice of Mpox case pending verification
The Gauteng Education Department says it has to await confirmation of the suspected Mpox case from the National Institute of…
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Gauteng Education Dept confirms first case of monkeypox at Hammanskraal primary school
The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed the first case of monkeypox (mpox) at a primary school in Hammanskraal, north of…
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Gauteng police probing death of matric pupil at memorial service for schoolmate
The Gauteng Education Department says police are investigating the death of a matric learner at the David Makhubo High School…
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Investigation into violent fight between teacher and pupil at Joburg school
The Gauteng Education Department has launched an investigation following a fight between a teacher and grade 9 pupil at the…
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Gauteng Education Dept working to strengthen govt gazette on school excursions after drownings
The Gauteng Education Department says it’s working to strengthen the government gazette on school excursions, to ensure that all institutions…
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Ekurhuleni teacher arrested for allegedly being in possession of drugs on school grounds
An Ekurhuleni teacher has been arrested and appeared in court for allegedly being in possession of drugs on school grounds.…
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Gauteng Edu Dept: School principal shooting by learner 13-year-old was allegedly planned on WhatsApp
The Gauteng Education Department says preliminary investigations looking into the shooting of a principal by a grade 6 learner have…
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Gauteng Education Dept: Communities must be part of solutions in combatting gangsterism
The Gauteng Education Department says communities need to be part of the solution in combatting gangsterism. This comes after a…
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Grade 1 pupil dies after allegedly consuming biscuits bought from Tsakane spaza shop
A grade one learner has died at a school in Tsakane, East of Johannesburg, after allegedly consuming biscuits bought from…
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Gauteng Education Dept forms independent body to probe Latoya Temilton’s death
The Gauteng Education Department has formed an independent body set to look into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of 12-year-old…
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Parents want interventions to prevent similar incidents following Laerskool Queenswood’s pupil’s drowning
Learning continued as normal at Laerskool Queenswood in Pretoria on Thursday despite a dark cloud hanging over the school. Last…
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Psychological support for alleged teen rapists
The Gauteng Education Department has offered psychological support to teenage boys accused of raping a 15-year-old girl. The state has…
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Gauteng Education Dept says it won’t take sides in 15-year-old girl rape case
The Gauteng Education Department says it will not take sides in a case in which a 15-year-old girl was allegedly…
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Gauteng Education Department mourns pupil’s death after she was attacked in home
The Gauteng Education Department is in mourning following the loss of a grade 7 pupil who died after being raped…
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Late online applications for Gauteng schools opens tomorrow
The Gauteng Education Department has announced that late online applications for the 2024 school admissions for grades 1 and 8…
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Gauteng Education Dept: Over 99% of Grade 1 and 8 pupils placed for 2024
The Gauteng Education Department said a little over 32,000 applicants for Grades 1 and 8 have not been allocated a…
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Gauteng Education calls on NGOs to help curb pupil suicides
The Gauteng Education Department has called on non-profit organizations (NGOs) to assist in handling the spike in pupil suicides in…
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Concern over spike in pupil suicides
The Gauteng Education Department is calling on NGOs and other entities to join in the fight against pupil suicides. Provincial…
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All systems go for 2023 matric exams in Gauteng
Gauteng Education Department say they are ready for the matric examination starting on the 30th of October. More than 900…
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Gauteng Education Dept urges communities to monitor food consumed by pupils
The Gauteng education department has urged communities in the province to check the safety of food children consume, after 62…
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Update: One learner dies from allegedly eating food from street vendor, GDE confirms
The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed that another learner has died after allegedly consuming food bought from a street vendor.…
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22 Ga-Rankuwa pupils fall ill after allegedly eating snacks from street vendor
Twenty-two pupils were rushed to a local clinic in Ga-Rankuwa – north of Pretoria on Thursday, after falling sick at…
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Armed guards to be deployed to some schools
The Gauteng Education Department is doing all in its power to ensure the safety and security of pupils and teachers…
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Matthew Lani did not even pass matric: Gauteng Education
The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed that Matthew Bongani Lani does not have a National Senior Certificate. This follows reports…
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Gauteng Education Dept on a mission to tackle high rate of learner suicides & violence in schools
The Gauteng Department of Education (DOE) will soon deploy counsellors and social workers to about 1,200 schools as part of…
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Deadline for placements at Gauteng schools
The Gauteng Education Department has issued a warning to parents who have not yet accepted school placements for their children…
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2 300 new classrooms to be built in Gauteng
The Gauteng Education Department plans to build 2,300 more classrooms. The department has already processed 271,000 applications for Grades 1…
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Gauteng Education Dept finding new schools for Crowthorne Christian Academy pupils after dreadlocks saga
The Gauteng education department has confirmed it will be relocating pupils from the unregistered Crowthorne Christian Academy to neighbouring schools…
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Gauteng Education Department condemns murder of its district official
The Gauteng Education Department has condemned the murder of one of its district officials who was shot about eight times…
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Elderly Crawford teacher dismissed over racist remarks
An 82-year-old Crawford teacher who told pupils during a lesson that they must not be hurt when the ‘K-word’ is…
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Mystery surrounds Garsfontein pupil’s death
Mystery surrounds the death of Mia Kühn (16) whose body was found at Hoërskool Garsfontein. A groundsman found the Grade…
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Closing date for 2024 online applications for Grades 1 and 8 extended
Parents now have until the 21st of next month to complete their children’s 2024 online applications for admission into grades…
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Over 300 000 Gauteng Grade 1 and 8 online applications processed
The Gauteng Education Department says over 300,000 Grade 1 and 8 online admissions applications have been successfully processed. Applications opened…
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Gauteng Education MEC Chiloane praises smooth online application process for grades 1 & 8
The Gauteng Education Department has opened the online admissions period for learners enrolling for grades one and eight for the…
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Gauteng Education MEC to meet family of slain Soshanguve high school pupil
The Gauteng Education Department said it will visit the family of a 17-year-old girl whose body was found next to…
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Authorities struggle to identify source of cholera outbreak
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu says a task team is being set up to prioritise bringing a swift end…
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Gauteng Education Dept vows to make grade 1 & 8 online applications seamless for 2024
The Gauteng Education Department assured parents that the online admission process for the enrollment of grade one and eight learners…
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Gauteng Education Dept battles to root out gang violence at schools
The Gauteng Education Department is battling to root out violence within schools as high levels of gangsterism and crime remains…
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