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‘We don’t agree with the decision but we will respect it’: MEC

Western Cape Education MEC, Debbie Schafer says the announcement that schools will close for a month did not come as a shock, but was disappointing, as Cabinet had succumbed to pressure from teachers unions. While addressing the nation on Thursday night,  president Cyril Ramaphosa announced that public schools will be closed from July 27 to August 24. This call was made considering the protection of both students and teachers from […]

today25 July 2020

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Expert calls for cohesive decision making in reopening of schools

Teachers, students and parents have had mixed reactions about the reopening of schools on 1st June 2020, as announced by the Education Minister Angie Motshekga this week. The findings of a survey by teachers unions have also thrown a spanner in the works after it found the “vagueness” of Motshekga’s announcements to be problematic. It also revealed that provinces were at different levels of readiness, with the majority ill-prepared to […]

today21 May 2020

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Fees Commission Report ‘misses the mark’

As South Africans grapple with the Fees Commission Report of Inquiry into the feasibility of free high education, experts say the report missed the mark. The vice -dean in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, Professor Aslam Fataar, explains that the report makes recommendations that do not fundamentally address the #FeesMustFall movement’s call for free education. Instead, he asserts, the report is a diagnosis of the problems faced within […]

today14 November 2017

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