Education
School dropout crisis in Northern Cape municipality
Report finds that only half the learners who start primary school reach high school, and of these only 15% pass matric in the Joe Morolong Local Municipality
News | 24 January 2023
Families desperately trying to keep Eastern Cape school alive
Built more than 70 years ago with mud bricks by villagers, Ixopo Junior Secondary School has been neglected by the education department
News | 19 January 2023
“Massive improvement” in school placement says Western Cape Education Department
Parents who were still struggling to place their children in school for 2023 flocked to the department for help last week
News | 16 January 2023
Thousands object to school placements in Gauteng
Department of Education working to resolve contested placements and unplaced grades 1 and 8 learners
News | 14 January 2023
Undocumented children struggle to find schools
Instead of being in school some beg at traffic lights
News | 13 January 2023
Student organisation SHAWCO bounces back to celebrate 80th birthday
The welfare organisation aims to be operating at 100% capacity by the end of 2023
News | 7 December 2022
Some Eastern Cape learners walk 20km to and from school. Every day.
15,000 learners who need transport are not getting it. And from next year there’ll be 22,000 more.
News | 25 November 2022
No school fees? Then no matric dance!
Some schools are trying to stop learners going to the dance because their parents haven’t paid school fees. This is illegal
By Tasreeq Ferreira and Anathi Canham
Opinion | 15 November 2022
Cape Town mother has to beg for money to buy nappies for her disabled son
15-year-old Donnel, who has hydrocephalus, wants to go to school
News | 15 November 2022