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While Gauteng’s matric pass rate improved, more still needs to be done – says MEC Chiloane
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said that although there was an improvement in the province’s matric pass rate, more still…
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Matric 2024: Gauteng Education Department to award top-achieving candidates
The Gauteng Department of Education will award top-achieving matriculants from the province’s 2023 cohort in Sandton on Friday morning. The…
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DA says real matric pass rate is 55.3%
As the country celebrates the highest matric pass rate since South Africa’s democracy, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has dampened the…
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Minister Motshekga urges parents, teachers & pupils to work together to guarantee success of 2024 academic year
As South Africa on Wednesday officially kicked off the school year, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga urged parents, teachers, and…
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Gauteng Education Dept assures there’s still time to enroll your child
Parents whose children have not yet been placed at schools for the start of their primary or high school education…
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Parents wake up to find daughter raped & strangled to death in bed in Soshanguve
Gauteng police are investigating a case of rape and murder after a young girl’s body was found in her bed…
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Gauteng Education MEC pleased with matric exam rollout despite several cheating incidents
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said he is pleased with the overall administration of this year’s National Senior Certificate Examination,…
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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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Alleged homophobia victim laid to rest
While thousands were marking the 34th edition of Joburg Pride, a family in Thokoza were laying their child to rest.…
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Independent law firm appointed to probe learner’s suicide in Thokoza
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has appointed an independent law firm to investigate the circumstances surrounding a 12-year-old learner’s…
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MEC: Crime wardens at Gauteng schools will have minimal engagement with pupils
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said that crime prevention wardens being deployed to high-risk schools across the province would have…
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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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Space at Gauteng schools tight for 2024 academic year
The Gauteng Department of Education is confident the placement process will go better than in previous years, despite applications to…
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Gauteng Education MEC calls on parents to accept placements
The Gauteng education department has already processed 271,000 applications, for Grades 1 and 8 next year. Gauteng Education MEC Matome…
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Gauteng Education to launch programme to build new classrooms
The Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, says his department is launching a program to build new classrooms and complete…
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Suicidal behaviour on the rise as pupils consume poison at Gauteng school
The Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed concern over the recent suicides and suicide attempts by pupils from Tsakane…
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2 Gauteng schoolboys commit suicide in separate incidents this week
Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane has expressed “deep sadness” following two separate incidents of learners who apparently died by…
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Gauteng Education MEC Chiloane to visit Queens High School after teenager’s death
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is set to visit Queens High School in Johannesburg on Monday following the death of…
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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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2 Ekurhuleni high school girls die by suicide after drinking poison
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed sadness over the death by suicide of two learners in Ekurhuleni in separate…
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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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Gauteng online admissions opened for Grade 1 & 8 pupils
Online admissions for Grade 1 and 8 pupils in Gauteng are now open. Education MEC Matome Chiloane says so far…
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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 Department identifies 275 high-security risk schools for pupils
The Gauteng Department of Education identified 275 schools in the province that it deemed are a high-security risk for pupils.…
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Matric pupil’s murder sends shock waves through Soshanguve
There’s a growing demand for increased security at Soshanguve schools. This follows the rape and murder of a matric pupil…
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GP Education MEC visits Soshanguve school after pupil murdered
Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane says officials are working round the clock to ensure the safety of pupils in Soshanguve.…
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Gauteng Education MEC visits Soshanguve school after pupil murdered
Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane says officials are working round the clock to ensure the safety of pupils in Soshanguve.…
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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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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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AfriForum vows to defend Afrikaans medium schools amid MEC’s call for change
AfriForum has dismissed comments by the Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane insisting single-medium Afrikaans schools should be transformed to offer…
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Gauteng online applications for Grades 1 and 8 open 15 June
Online applications for places in Grades 1 and 8 next year will open on 15 June. Gauteng Education MEC Matome…
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Gauteng Education MEC to set date for Grade 1 and 8 applications
Gauteng parents with children going into grades one and eight next year are warming up to apply for seats in…
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Probe into Kganya Mokhele’s death at Little Ashford stalled
Investigations into the incident that led to the death of toddler Kganya Mokhele stalled as the Gauteng Department of Education…
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Family demands answers after 3-year-old boy died after a shelf allegedly fell on him
The family of a 3-year-old boy who was killed after a shelf allegedly collapsed on him at Little Ashford Preschool…
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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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GP Education MEC Chiloane to visit school after pupil stabbed to death
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is visiting a Sebokeng school on Monday. It follows the murder of a grade 10…
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Pupil stabbed to death at Sebokeng school
Another Gauteng pupil has died after being stabbed at school. In a statement, the provincial education department says a grade…
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Girl in grade 11 dies after car packed with 14 pupils overturns in Soweto
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed dismay following the death of a Grade 11 pupil from one of two…
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Sadtu: Schools must be havens of safety instead of centres of violence
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) said it was concerned about the increasing incidents of violence at schools across…
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School governance foundation calls for fresh disciplinary measures in Gauteng schools
The Governing Body Foundation (GBF) – which promotes sound governance in South African public schools – on Friday said with…
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Premier Lesufi to Soweto: We’ve acted confusedly in managing electricity issue
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi conceded that the African National Congress (ANC) government has failed to provide power security, not only…
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MEC Chiloane: Community violence spilling over into schools is of great concern
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said social ills such as drug and substance abuse – that are plaguing various communities,…
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Gauteng Education Dept seeking constructive solutions to end violence in schools
The Gauteng Education department said it was concerned about the safety of pupils and teachers in the wake of recent…
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Gauteng education dept to make room late applications
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said they will make room for late applications to accommodate parents who were not able…
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Over 35 000 Gauteng grade 1 and 8 pupils not placed
Over 35,000 grade 1 and 8 pupils in Gauteng still need to be placed in schools. Education MEC Matome Chiloane…
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Gauteng Education MEC Chiloane promises stern action over fatal stabbing of Vlakfontein learner
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has said he will make an example out of those responsible for the murder of…
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Gangsterism to blame for school violence, says Chiloane
Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, is blaming gangsterism for school violence. He says schools are safe, but outside violence has…
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DA: Gauteng Education Dept spends R10 million on teachers suspended for s.e.xual misconduct
The Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng shadow MEC for Education, Khume Ramulifho, revealed that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has…
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