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In one of the most significant changes, Gwarube said the department would begin ranking provincial matric performance using an inclusive basket of quality indicators.
The research focused on “iterated learning”, a theory which holds that language evolves over generations as each new learner absorbs, adapts and transmits it.
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training held a full-day meeting with Manamela about how he reached the decision to place the entity under administration.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has said that South Africa’s ability to prepare young people for work, citizenship and innovation depends on whether children learn to read, count and reason in their earliest years of schooling.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been placed on the global scientific stage after Professor Liesl Zühlke was named the 2026 laureate for Africa and the Arab States in the prestigious UNESCO-Foundation L'Oréal For Women in Science International Awards.
The North West Department of Education and Matlosana Local Municipality have sent engineering teams to Laerskool Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp, after a suspected sinkhole was detected on the school grounds.
By Thapelo Molefe
Student debt at South African universities has climbed to R59bn despite billions of rand spent annually through the National Student Financial Aid...
The Eastern Cape High Court has reserved judgment in an urgent defamation case brought by Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema over remarks relating to Mabuyane’s academic record.
