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Department of Basic Education

Hunger, remote learning and school readiness: Civil society ensures the right to learn amid the pandemic

YOUTH DAY & EDUCATION

Hunger, remote learning and school readiness: Civil society ensures the right to learn amid the pandemic

By Shani Reddy

Society is not ready to safely reopen schools and education centres

Op-Ed

Society is not ready to safely reopen schools and education centres

By C-19 People’s Coalition

Government reopening of schools: Who decides which child is left behind?

OP-ED

Government reopening of schools: Who decides which child is left behind?

By Amy-Leigh Payne and Petra Marais

‘I will collect food from school if it was an option’

Child Hunger

‘I will collect food from school if it was an option’

By Maverick Citizen

‘Our lives are very difficult’

Child Hunger

‘Our lives are very difficult’

By Maverick Citizen

‘I am forced to watch other learners eat’

Child Hunger

‘I am forced to watch other learners eat’

By Maverick Citizen

‘The children seem to be hungry’

Child Hunger

‘The children seem to be hungry’

By Maverick Citizen

'They are too poor to eat’

Child Hunger

'They are too poor to eat’

By Maverick Citizen

‘For the duration of May we had no food at home’

Child Hunger

‘For the duration of May we had no food at home’

By Maverick Citizen

‘They come to school not having bathed or eaten’

Child Hunger

‘They come to school not having bathed or eaten’

By Maverick Citizen

‘Some of the learners don’t even have parents’

Child Hunger

‘Some of the learners don’t even have parents’

By Maverick Citizen

‘We do not have enough food’

Child Hunger

‘We do not have enough food’

By Maverick Citizen

‘I have been severely stressed during the period’

Child Hunger

‘I have been severely stressed during the period’

By Maverick Citizen

‘There is no school feeding’

Child Hunger

‘There is no school feeding’

By Maverick Citizen

Court rules lockdown rules ‘invalid’ amid school reopening rows, test backlogs and collapse of local media

CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #63

Court rules lockdown rules ‘invalid’ amid school reopening rows, test backlogs and collapse of local media

By Christi Nortier

School’s out: Nationwide reopening postponed, but Western Cape won’t wait

Coronavirus & Education

School’s out: Nationwide reopening postponed, but Western Cape won’t wait

By Unknown Author

Paediatricians support move to reopen schools

Coronavirus

Paediatricians support move to reopen schools

By Staff Reporter

Back to school, Part 1: No dress-up for ‘Treasure Island’ this year

CORONAVIRUS OP-ED

Back to school, Part 1: No dress-up for ‘Treasure Island’ this year

By Kimon Phitidis

Schools cannot simply be either open or closed – we have to be flexible

CORONAVIRUS OP-ED

Schools cannot simply be either open or closed – we have to be flexible

By Nicky Roberts

Time to drastically curtail the school curriculum and focus on our early grade learners

CORONAVIRUS OP-ED

Time to drastically curtail the school curriculum and focus on our early grade learners

By Ursula Hoadley

Back to school: The evidence is clear – start with the young

CORONAVIRUS OP-ED

Back to school: The evidence is clear – start with the young

By Nic Spaull