BACK TO SCHOOL At least 1,000 embattled learners still struggling to find placements in Eastern Cape schools 3 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
CLASSROOM CRISIS Upcoming mass teacher retirement poses ‘serious’ problems, with Maths and under-resourced provinces most at risk - experts 5 min 2 By Msindisi Fengu
CRAMMED CLASSROOMS SA schools still plagued by ‘historical infrastructure backlogs’, overcrowding - Equal Education report 6 min 15 By Msindisi Fengu
NSC CRUNCH TIME Free State matrics caught with crib notes, phones in examination centres 2 min 7 By Msindisi Fengu
RIGHTS VIOLATED OP-ED Children with disabilities face cruel and inhumane conditions at Eastern Cape school 5 min 2 By Robyn Beere
EDUCATION Load shedding could adversely affect computer-related matric exams, say authorities 4 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
BASIC EDUCATION OP-ED Second Chance — supporting young people to rewrite matric can unlock their economic potential 4 min 1 By Sigrid Kite-Banks
NUMBER CRUNCH Census reveals 5.2m children of school-going age aren’t receiving education 5 min 2 By Lerato Mutsila
YOUNG IN TURMOIL OP-ED Alarm should be raised about South Africa’s rising child suicide rates 3 min 0 By Noxolo Mfocwa
EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Meet SA’s best teacher Gugu Precious Qwabe who believes many SA educators exist in survival mode 4 min 3 By Msindisi Fengu
EMPOWERING ADOLESCENTS Teenage pregnancy prevention is not just about irresponsible teens, say activists 4 min 3 By Zukiswa Pikoli
GROUNDUP EC children endure near-constant hunger as National School Nutrition Programme dishes meagre portions 4 min 0 By Sonia A Rao and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
HUNGER PAINS Tshwane schools set up food gardens to supplement the government nutrition scheme and boost the curriculum 5 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
LEARNING CURVE National Education Collaboration Trust celebrates a decade of milestones 3 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
BLUEPRINT FOR RECOVERY 2024 Part 3: ‘There is no education system that can be better than the quality of its teachers’ 10 min 2 By John Matisonn
RIGHTS AND EDUCATION Growing calls for guidelines to support transgender pupils as discrimination in school continues 7 min 4 By Msindisi Fengu
HAIRSTYLE ABUSE BACKLASH Gauteng Education to move Crowthorne learners to nearby schools after hair incident 3 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
LANGUAGE ACT Drama in Parliament as DA and ACDP MPs walk out of Bela Act draft report deliberations 3 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
YOUNG AT WORK OP-ED Basic Education Employment Initiative is scoring points on youth employment – don’t pull the funding plug 4 min 0 By Bridget Hannah and Kristal Duncan-Williams
LANGUAGE LANDSCAPE OP-ED Why are learners reading worse in African languages? A response from the Department of Basic Education 5 min 2 By Nompumelelo Mohohlwane
BASIC EDUCATION CRISIS National Reading Plan to be revised as SA grapples with poor early grade learner literacy 4 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
