Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to meet with unions on Wednesday morning to discuss various issues, including the closure of schools ahead of the COVID-19 peak in the country. The meeting comes a day after the largest teacher union South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) called for schools to close for now in efforts to prevent further infections from the virus and deaths from COVID-19 as the peak […]
Education unions met with Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Saturday in a bid to convince her that despite her announcement that the phased reopening of schools would commence on Monday, the education system was simply not ready to do so in its current state. "Our position still stands, we met with the department yesterday [Saturday] and presented this to the minister [Angie Motshekga], which she said she would consult […]
Another briefing scheduled by the Department of Basic Education to provide clarity on the reopening of schools was postponed on Thursday after provinces requested more time to prepare. However, according to stakeholders, this was to be expected due to unresolved concerns in the sector. Earlier on Thursday, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga postponed a planned briefing on the state of readiness to reopen schools. She said a special meeting […]
There is no exact date for when schools are expected to reopen for the second term, according to the Department of Basic Education. In a statement on Thursday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) are deliberating the issue and a date is only likely to be revealed after the lockdown period. The department said, however, that it would be guided by the National Command […]
The Free State had the highest number of matric pupils who passed their 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, but it was Gauteng which obtained the highest percentage of pupils who qualified for entry to study for a degree. This according to the official NSC results released by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga in Midrand on Tuesday evening. The national pass rate for the 2019 NSC was 81.3% - a […]
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