Education
Parents make desperate plea for placement, but schools are full
More than 8,600 Western Cape learners have not yet found places
News | 26 February 2021
Learners doorstop Eastern Cape Premier and MEC to complain about school conditions
Mabuyane promises to make sure officials are sent to the schools to assess the problems
News | 24 February 2021
Parents shut down high schools, demanding places for their children
“No learners will attend school while others don’t” says Kraaifontein community leader
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 22 February 2021
Deadline extended for early childhood development centres’ fund
ECD centres now have until 26 February to apply for relief funds
Brief | 22 February 2021
Eersteriver residents demand a local school
Parents reject department’s offer to transport 500 learners to Khayelitsha for schooling
By Vincent Lali
News | 19 February 2021
Helping immigrant children get into schools
The Scalabrini Centre’s #access4EVERYchild campaign is assisting families
News | 16 February 2021
Schools shut down in protest over lack of water
Protesters prevent learners from attending classes until tap water is restored
Brief | 15 February 2021
Covid-19: How bureaucracy can kill
A thoughtless instruction to my school from the provincial education department may have cost lives
A Teacher
Opinion | 15 February 2021
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”
News | 12 February 2021