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Department of Basic Education

Schools reopen: Learners with disabilities left behind again

Maverick Citizen Op-Ed

Schools reopen: Learners with disabilities left behind again

By Robyn Beere and Anjuli Maistry

A million SA learners set to return to school before end of July

Coronavirus & Education

A million SA learners set to return to school before end of July

By Karabo Mafolo

Only three grades will return to class next week, education authorities decide

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Only three grades will return to class next week, education authorities decide

By Christi Nortier

City of Cape Town slammed for yet another lockdown eviction while back-to-school schedule is shaken up again

CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #88

City of Cape Town slammed for yet another lockdown eviction while back-to-school schedule is shaken up again

By Christi Nortier

ECD chaos: ‘Inequality is being exacerbated because of petty officialdom’ as children starve

Early Childhood Development

ECD chaos: ‘Inequality is being exacerbated because of petty officialdom’ as children starve

By Terry Bell

Who’s right? Court battle over children’s rights to education and basic nutrition

CHILD HUNGER

Who’s right? Court battle over children’s rights to education and basic nutrition

By Zukiswa Pikoli

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