Education
UCT Jagger Library insurance payout delayed for over a year
Funds needed to rebuild the library after the 2021 fire are still not secured
By Daniel Steyn
News | 13 July 2022
Learners picket against government scrapping deadlines to fix schools
Department says learners’ memo will be considered along with other public comments on its proposed amendments
Text and Photos by Magnificent Mndebele
News | 8 July 2022
Video: Making fun books for children in their mother-tongue
“It’s not that children don’t like to read. It’s that they haven’t found the right book yet” says Tina Akuoko of Ethnikids.
Video | 8 July 2022
School site abandoned as contractor accuses education department of failing to pay
Meanwhile learners at Eyabantu Senior Secondary school in Fort Beaufort are crammed into tiny temporary classrooms
News | 7 July 2022
The roof of this primary school is an accident waiting to happen
Education department says it will refurbish Mohokone Primary in 2023/4
Brief | 6 July 2022
Youngsters eke out a living carrying water for residents
Too hungry to stay in school, brothers dropped out in grade six
News | 4 July 2022
12 years after a court ordered it, government plans to build a special needs school
Eastern Cape education department’s plan commits to building permanent school by 2027
News | 4 July 2022
Teacher assaulted by learner given green light to sue education department
He claims the department had a duty to protect him and to support him after the attack
Law | 4 July 2022
Deadline extended for public to comment on controversial education regulations
Schools with inadequate and unsafe sanitation are scheduled to receive appropriate toilets next year, says government
Brief | 1 July 2022