CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 4 — 8 April World Health Day draws attention to climate crisis as a health threat and IPCC climate mitigation report released 9 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HYBRID LEARNING Varsities bounce back to life on campus, but a blended system in place - with new challenges 4 min 5 By Unknown Author
EDUCATION Full-time daily schooling for all learners to resume Monday – Angie Motshekga 3 min 0 By Michelle Banda
NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE South Africa’s matric pass rate improves slightly to 76.4% despite ‘extremely difficult circumstances’ 3 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
ANALYSIS Schooling at the end of the fourth wave: Teach your children well – and full time 4 min 0 By Stephen Grootes
EDUCATION OP-ED The 30% matric pass mark: To increase or to scrap, and why all the excitable commentary? 9 min 3 By Nicky Roberts
2022 ACADEMIC YEAR Back to school: A return to rotational learning for most, yet still no school placement for some 3 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
SCATHING JUDGMENT Court orders Limpopo education dept to devise workable plan for abolition of school pit toilets 3 min 5 By Zukiswa Pikoli
Basic Education Learning losses remain a concern but children and teachers will get October break 4 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
OP-ED The social crisis of unemployment is hardwired into the fabric of our neoliberal, capitalist economy 5 min 6 By Trevor Shaku and Newton Masuku
OP-ED Basic education: Schools return to ‘normal’ classes — and gross inequality 5 min 0 By Trevor Shaku
BASIC EDUCATION Schools off to a difficult start in the wake of vandalism, Covid-19 and taxi violence 3 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
BASIC EDUCATION Schools to reopen on Monday while Motshekga highlights the toll of extended closures on learning 4 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
GROUNDUP Court orders education departments to provide learners with daily meals during Covid-19 pandemic 3 min 0 By Tania Broughton
DM168 COVID-19 Education sector vaccine roll-out programme a mixed bag of steady and wobbly 5 min 0 By Christi Nortier and Julia Evans
LEARNING ON EMPTY A year later and pupils are still going hungry, despite court order to reinstate National School Nutrition Programme 2 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
Covid-19: Class disruption Learning curb: How level 4 lockdown affects schools in South Africa 4 min 0 By Julia Evans
CLASS OF 2020 Matric results: More university entrance passes for last year’s cohort, despite a decline in the overall national pass rate 3 min 1 By Unknown Author
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Angie Motshekga taken to task over ‘an educated man won’t rape’ comment 3 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo
MAVERICK CITIZEN Flooding, vandalism and poor infrastructure pose challenges as learners return to school 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
