Education

Applying for grants is a nightmare for early childhood development centres

“People are pulling their hair out because they have no idea how to do it”

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News | 12 February 2021

Teachers, let’s use this time wisely

The Covid-19 delay to the start of the school year offers an opportunity to do things differently

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Opinion | 10 February 2021

Some schools still not feeding learners

The national feeding scheme was meant to recommence on 27 January

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News | 9 February 2021

This school goes the extra mile to feed its learners

”With the food I get from school I manage to eat during the day”

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News | 4 February 2021

No classes for thousands of children because school cannot meet Covid-19 requirements

Joe Gqabi District Municipality closed ET Thabane Primary School last year

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News | 3 February 2021

City of Cape Town ends mobile library service after 60 years

Elderly and disabled clients advised to use community libraries

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News | 29 January 2021

Teachers are the unsung heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic

Extra hours, extra classes, WhatsApp calls into the night: it’s the teachers who listened and nurtured and cared

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Opinion | 19 January 2021

Covid-19: School opening delayed

Learners to return on 15 February but teachers will go back earlier

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Brief | 15 January 2021

Corporal punishment: Two mothers take teachers’ organisation to court

Teachers who admitted to beatings receive “shockingly lenient” sentences

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Law | 13 January 2021

Solar-powered computer lab opens up new opportunities for students

Lab set up in a container in Barrydale

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Brief | 15 December 2020

Covid-19: learners risk a double blow as literacy projects struggle

Shifting donor priorities put library initiative at risk

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News | 14 December 2020

Students threaten to close Nelson Mandela University

Students say they have not received National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances

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Brief | 3 December 2020

Covid-19: Night vigil in support of principal who refused to open his school

Wesley Neumann’s disciplinary hearing starts

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News | 3 December 2020

“It’s fair to conclude that we do not have what is called a school” says principal

Department of Basic Education will miss its deadline for minimum standards in schools yet again

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News | 27 November 2020

Despite a court order ten years ago, special needs school still has no building

Amasango Career School in Makhanda operates from six prefab classrooms

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News | 23 November 2020

WCED struggling with increased learner admissions for 2021

A Stellenbosch parent has been battling to find place for his son

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News | 20 November 2020