Education
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
Learners march against proposal to end deadlines to fix schools
Poor and working-class communities will never know when their schools will be fixed, say education activists
News | 30 June 2022
Two years later: Over a thousand crèches still not paid Covid relief funds
“We are now in 2022 and not even 60% have been paid” says ECD principal
News | 24 June 2022
Eight years after Michael Komape’s death we visited Limpopo schools to see if their toilets have improved
“Pit toilets pose a fatal risk to the lives, safety and health of learners” says SECTION27
Feature | 22 June 2022