LEARNING CURVEBALL Financial crisis looms for quintile 5 schools in Gauteng after subsidies are cut 6 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING OP-ED Open letter to Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube on Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education 3 min 0 By Bua-lit Collective
LEARNING CURVE Teachers must embrace AI or get left behind, G20 National Education Indaba hears 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
FOCUS ON REFORM Bela Act regulations have been gazetted - here's how you can have your say 3 min 3 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EARLY LEARNING Treasury’s decision not to allocate extra funding imperils compulsory Grade R roll-out 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EDUCATION CRISIS Back to basics: SA delays mandatory Coding and Robotics in schools 4 min 11 By Takudzwa Pongweni
GROUNDUP How many sex offenders are there in SA’s schools? No one knows as vetting drive falters 8 min 0 By Daneel Knoetze and Adriaan Cartuyvels
EDUCATION REFORM Confusion or clarity? Mixed reactions to Gwarube’s Bela implementation guidelines 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
GNU AT ONE Cabinet clout – the GNU’s best and worst performers, one year in 8 min 9 By Daily Maverick
INNUMERACY Go figure — alarming number of SA schools no longer offer maths as a subject 5 min 14 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CHILD PROTECTION Teacher vetting crisis: over 81% of educators remain unchecked amidst child safety concerns 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
LEARNING CURVE Education department needs R46bn for new classrooms and toilets at public schools 3 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
GIFT OF READING Turning the page — how early book access can transform South Africa’s future 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
UNSAFE SANITATION Minister of Basic Education admits failing to meet the deadline to eradicate pit toilets at SA schools 8 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni and Siyabonga Goni
CLASSROOM CRISIS Rape of seven-year-old girl spotlights persistent pattern of sexual abuse, procedural failures at SA schools 3 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EASTERN CAPE School principal is not a suspect in rape of seven-year-old girl, says AfriForum's Gerrie Nel 6 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
FOOD JUSTICE: INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS DAY Brazil's bold food policies highlight South Africa's missed opportunities in school nutrition reform. 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
UNSAFE SANITATION Gwarube says 93% of pit toilets have been eradicated in race to beat 31 March deadline 4 min 1 By Siyabonga Goni
CORPORATE INFLUENCE VS URGENT NEED When desks become advertisements: Austerity’s price on South African classrooms 3 min 8 By Takudzwa Pongweni
EDUCATION REFORM AfriForum and Solidarity to challenge full implementation of Bela Act in court 8 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni
UNSAFE SANITATION Eastern Cape Education Department on the cusp of eradicating school pit latrines – finally 3 min 10 By Estelle Ellis
