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WCED urges parents to apply for the 2025 academic year, before the end of 2024

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With less than two months before the 2024 academic year ends, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is urging parents to register their children to avoid disappointment. Speaking on VOC Breakfast, WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said the department has seen an increase in Grade 8 applications compared to previous years. “We have 95 000 Grade 8 applications for next year, 24 000 applications for Grade 1 […]

8 October 2024

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Handful of activists gathered outside the WCED headquarters in loop street amid budget cut

By Vusuthando Percyvil Dube Amid the national outcry over the budget, a small group of demonstrators gathered on Loop Street outside Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) headquarters, united by a shared purpose: to protest alarming education crisis precipitated by the recent decision to retrench 2,400 teaching posts—a move attributed to a staggering R3.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years. This protest, organized by various teacher advocacy organizations, […]

1 October 2024

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Significant budget cuts impacted plans to build 21 new schools, says WCED

The Western Cape Education Department says a R790 million budget cut has impacted its plans to build 21 new schools in the province. Spokesperson for the department, Bronagh Hammond, said that about 18,000 new learners from outside the province would need to be placed at the start of the school year. Hammond said that the department could only build nine new schools as a result of the budget cuts from […]

3 January 2024

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No school can withhold a report card due to unpaid school fees

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert As the class of 2023 bids farewell to the academic year this week, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said that no school is allowed to refuse learners access to their report cards. Annually, parents report that they are unable to receive their children's report cards because they are not able to pay school fees. Speaking on VOC Breakfast, WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said parents who […]

11 December 2023

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WCED welcomes arrest of 17 people for stealing r12m from scholar transport grant

The Western Cape Education Department has welcomed the arrest of 17 people accused of stealing R12 million from the scholar transport grant. The department said that in 2017 it initiated an investigation into financial mismanagement at Atlantis Secondary School. Provincial education spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said that eight of the suspects were department employees, and five of them were staff members at the school. The suspects were due to appear before […]

11 March 2023

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‘This is clear victimization by the WCED’: Heathfield High SGB

Parents of learners at Heathfield high school have voiced their discontent over the treatment of principal Wesley Neumann and have accused the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) of using bullying tactics to silence him. Neumann is facing disciplinary action by the department yesterday and attended a pre-trial hearing on Monday, where parents staged a picket. Neumann and three other principals seemed to have raised the ire of the WCED after […]

29 September 2020

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WCED expects over 2000 teachers to return to school as SA moves to lockdown level 1

As the country moves into Level 1, teachers who were allowed to work from home due to comorbidities are set to return to schools yesterday. According to a statement by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) more than 22 500 teachers were granted approval for concessions countrywide. But this concession was only applicable for the duration of levels 3 and 2. Now that the country has introduced level 1, teachers […]

22 September 2020

WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond

WCED urges parents to apply for the 2025 academic year, before the end of 2024

Handful of activists gathered outside the WCED headquarters in loop street amid budget cut

Significant budget cuts impacted plans to build 21 new schools, says WCED

No school can withhold a report card due to unpaid school fees

WCED welcomes arrest of 17 people for stealing r12m from scholar transport grant

‘This is clear victimization by the WCED’: Heathfield High SGB

WCED expects over 2000 teachers to return to school as SA moves to lockdown level 1

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