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DBE to challenge certain aspects of ‘matric leak’ court ruling

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has said it will be challenging the latest court ruling, which set aside its decision to have two leaked matric exams re-written. According to the department spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, the move has plunged the department into “unimagined chaos”. It comes as Sadtu, Afriforum and student representatives had taken the department to court after it set dates for a re-write of the Mathematics and Physical […]

15 December 2020

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Hawks to probe leaking of maths exam question paper

The Department of Basic Education has been meeting with the Hawks regarding the Priority Crime Unit’s investigation into the leaking of the matric Maths Paper 2. It emerged on Monday, that the paper was leaked before it was written and that Gauteng and Limpopo learners had seen it. The department’s spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says learners in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape are also believed to have seen the paper. […]

18 November 2020

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71% of pupils not back at school go hungry

Its has been three months since the High Court in Pretoria ordered the department of basic education to reinstate the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) but children across the country are still going without food. In July, the court ordered the department to ensure all qualifying children got meals. But Equal Education, along with its Law Centre and Section27 this week released the results of a recent survey, in which […]

9 October 2020

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Educators should assist learners cope with backlog: expert

Education expert Professor Mary Metcalfe says educators will have to assist learners to cope with catching up on the backlog of the 2020 academic year, following delays to the calendar due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The Department of Basic Education says despite having trimmed down the curriculum, learners will only manage to finish 70% of their work for the year. The department says the remaining 30% will be incorporated into […]

6 August 2020

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Supplementary exams to be scrapped from 2019

The Department of Basic Education is implementing a new system that will do away with supplementary exams and replace them with a second national exam, giving students an opportunity to better their results. The new system will save the department money and give pupils more time to prepare for exams. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga floated the plan as early as 2016, saying the department would implement changes to the […]

3 May 2018

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No checks on sex offence list: Officials don’t use central register to vet teachers

The Department of Basic Education has not screened a single new teacher, principal or official against the National Sexual Offenders' Register to see if they have been convicted of sexually harming a child. The department says it does not employ teachers and it is the job of provincial education departments to screen new teachers. Three provincial education departments have, however, confirmed they did not use the offender register, which is run […]

12 June 2017

Department of Basic education

DBE to challenge certain aspects of ‘matric leak’ court ruling

Hawks to probe leaking of maths exam question paper

71% of pupils not back at school go hungry

Educators should assist learners cope with backlog: expert

Supplementary exams to be scrapped from 2019

No checks on sex offence list: Officials don’t use central register to vet teachers

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