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Department of Basic Education

Sexual violence driving high pregnancy rate among 10- to 19-year-olds in South Africa

TEEN PREGNANCY

Sexual violence driving high pregnancy rate among 10- to 19-year-olds in South Africa

By An Wentzel

Schoolgirl births ‘unacceptably high’ in South Africa

PARLIAMENT

Schoolgirl births ‘unacceptably high’ in South Africa

By Victoria O’Regan

Learning losses remain a concern but children and teachers will get October break

Basic Education

Learning losses remain a concern but children and teachers will get October break

By Victoria O’Regan

Basic Education Department needs a few lessons in 21st-century learning

DM168 REFLECTION

Basic Education Department needs a few lessons in 21st-century learning

By Heather Robertson

Parliament told that 50 educators have been fired since 2019 for sexual misconduct at schools

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

Parliament told that 50 educators have been fired since 2019 for sexual misconduct at schools

By Victoria O’Regan

SA schools’ October holiday break may be shelved to make up for lost teaching days

CLASSROOM UPHEAVAL

SA schools’ October holiday break may be shelved to make up for lost teaching days

By Victoria O’Regan

Move to reduce physical distancing in schools to less than 1m, but unions are against it

Back to school — almost

Move to reduce physical distancing in schools to less than 1m, but unions are against it

By Victoria O’Regan

Unrest took heavy toll on KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng schools battered by months of vandalism and burglaries

THE AFTERMATH

Unrest took heavy toll on KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng schools battered by months of vandalism and burglaries

By Victoria O’Regan

Basic education: Schools return to ‘normal’ classes — and gross inequality

OP-ED

Basic education: Schools return to ‘normal’ classes — and gross inequality

By Trevor Shaku

A year later and pupils are still going hungry, despite court order to reinstate National School Nutrition Programme

LEARNING ON EMPTY

A year later and pupils are still going hungry, despite court order to reinstate National School Nutrition Programme

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Learning curb: How level 4 lockdown affects schools in South Africa

Covid-19: Class disruption

Learning curb: How level 4 lockdown affects schools in South Africa

By Julia Evans

Physical distancing: Most Western Cape schools teaching early grades aren’t ready to reopen full-time

EDUCATION

Physical distancing: Most Western Cape schools teaching early grades aren’t ready to reopen full-time

By Suné Payne

Covid-19 and the right to basic education: The SA Human Rights Commission’s position

OP-ED

Covid-19 and the right to basic education: The SA Human Rights Commission’s position

By André Gaum, Kenneth Sithebe and Sifiso Tembani

All contact sport in schools suspended with immediate effect

Covid-19 and Education

All contact sport in schools suspended with immediate effect

By Victoria O’Regan

Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals

GROUNDUP

Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals

By Marecia Damons

Dangerous, unhygienic pit latrines in Limpopo schools ‘must be eradicated sooner rather than later’

MAVERICK CITIZEN

Dangerous, unhygienic pit latrines in Limpopo schools ‘must be eradicated sooner rather than later’

By Karabo Mafolo

Education department’s late release of vital software leaves schools’ admin in chaos

GROUNDUP

Education department’s late release of vital software leaves schools’ admin in chaos

By Liezl Human for GroundUp

Good for hunger, bad for health? Spaza shops and food vendors proliferate outside schools

RIGHT TO SUFFICIENT NUTRITION

Good for hunger, bad for health? Spaza shops and food vendors proliferate outside schools

By Michelle Banda

NGOs warn latest budget will have bad outcomes for education

GROUNDUP

NGOs warn latest budget will have bad outcomes for education

By Marecia Damons

The metrics of matric: How the Class of 2020 actually fared, province by province

ANALYSIS

The metrics of matric: How the Class of 2020 actually fared, province by province

By Nicky Roberts

Two Eastern Cape teachers ‘stressed out and sick’ because they haven’t been paid since 2019

WORKING FOR NOTHING

Two Eastern Cape teachers ‘stressed out and sick’ because they haven’t been paid since 2019

By Karabo Mafolo