Department gets 30-day deadline to draw up online school plan
The Eastern Cape education department has 30 days to come up with a plan for the implementation of a no-fee online public schooling system.
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KZN schools ready to open, but not all pupils will be in class on the first day
Platooning and alternate days and weeks are on the cards for many KwaZulu-Natal pupils when schools open on February 15.
Continue reading →Equal Education says R431m spent on ‘unnecessary decontamination’ could have built five schools
Equal education says the R431m used by the Gauteng education department on the deep-cleaning of schools could have been used to build five new facilities in the province.
Continue reading →Schools’ survival flagged as more parents don’t pay fees
The government’s budget allocation for basic education is under increased pressure as a growing number of parents with children at fee-paying state schools opt out of paying school fees.
Continue reading →Delay in supplying province’s schools with PPE ‘an act of genocide’
“You cannot use a tablet if you’re dead. The department prioritised the tablets instead of resources to protect learners and educators.”
Continue reading →Public schools to open from February 15, private schools 2 weeks earlier
Public schools will officially open from February 15, but private schools will be allowed to open two weeks earlier.
Continue reading →Court sets St Andrews College expulsion aside — but rebukes schoolboy’s father
While judge Thembekile Malusi set aside the expulsion on a procedural technicality, he was sharply critical of the boy’s father’s threatening and illicit behaviour during and after his son’s disciplinary hearing at the school.
Continue reading →‘Back to school’ stress on rise
Whether your child is starting grade 1 or matric, Covid-19 has already messed up “back to school” for pupils across SA.
Continue reading →Pass Covid test or stay away, top private schools tell pupils
Top private schools are insisting pupils produce negative Covid-19 test results before they return to class next month.
Continue reading →Keep calm and Curro on: Private school group says lessons go on
Curro schools will continue to provide face-to-face learning next week despite the government announcement on Friday that the reopening of schools has been postponed until February 15.
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