Education

PE parents protest for more teachers for overcrowded school

Almost 50 children to a teacher at Alfonso Aries Primary School, says protest leader

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Brief | 6 February 2019

Upgrade Parkwood school, demand parents

“We’re trying to upgrade our children because this is what we never had”

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Brief | 6 February 2019

Learner suspended for wearing religious bracelet

“He has taken off the bracelet but he is not allowed to attend classes” says mother

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Brief | 6 February 2019

Mfuleni schools shut down as unplaced learners protest

Education department says enrolments in Western Cape have increased by more than 18,000

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News | 4 February 2019

Grade 10 learner sells his paintings to pay for school

Innocent Mukanyima wants to finish school before becoming a professional artist

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News | 31 January 2019

School gets toilets after GroundUp report

Pretoria company donates 16 dry toilets to Pietermaritzburg school

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Brief | 30 January 2019

School hit with half-a-million rand water bill

Neighbours tapped into school’s supply

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News | 28 January 2019

In photos: Bonteheuwel schools show their athletics skills

Usually in the news because of its gang crime, these photos show a happier, more hopeful side of this neighbourhood

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Photo Essay | 25 January 2019

How the SKA is helping South Africa

Northern Cape towns benefit from one of the world’s largest astronomy projects

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Science | 24 January 2019

Learners sit on the floor at overcrowded Masiphumelele school

“This community is growing every day and can no longer cope with just one primary school”

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News | 23 January 2019

Western Cape Education Department says test results have improved across grades

Standardised tests measure language and maths abilities

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Brief | 22 January 2019

Mfuleni learners need food, shoes and sanitary pads

Businesswoman donates goods to children who are studying in a disused clinic

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News | 21 January 2019

Belhar school houses overspill of learners in a tent

The no-fee school is battling to raise the tent’s R10,000 rental fee for next month

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News | 18 January 2019

“They thought I’d be a dropout but I proved them wrong”

Path out of Poverty graduate wants to be a teacher

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News | 18 January 2019

Thousands of learners still don’t have transport to school

Equal Education calls for change in funding

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Feature | 18 January 2019

GROUNDVIEW: Is the education system improving?

Also: Dangers of election opportunism

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GroundView | 17 January 2019