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Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has wished the matric class of 2026 well ahead of their final exams, which start on Tuesday, telling pupils to give their best while reminding them that their futures should not be defined by their results.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said on Sunday that South Africa's obsession with matric pass rates has encouraged schools to manipulate their results by holding back weaker learners and steering pupils away from challenging subjects.
The Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) has called for a fundamental overhaul of the higher education funding system, warning that clearing student debt without addressing its root causes will leave more young people struggling to access their qualifications.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has warned nearly one million Grade 12 learners against cheating in their National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, saying dishonesty undermines the credibility of their qualifications.
Addressing 2,174 Grade 12 learners from 13 schools at the National Pledge Signing Ceremony at the Bluegumbosch Community Multipurpose Centre in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State, on Friday, Ramaphosa described the National Senior Certificate (NSC) as a passport to further education and employment.
Umalusi says approximately 1.08 million candidates have registered for the 2026 year-end national examinations, with the National Senior Certificate (NSC) accounting for the largest share at 989,141 candidates.
World Teachers’ Day is observed annually on 5 October to recognise the contribution of teachers and draw attention to the professional conditions that shape their work.
Africa must move beyond speeches and conferences and take concrete steps to transform the teaching profession, Eswatini’s education minister has warned.
A Free State teacher from Letlotlo Naledi Primary School, Mpho Anatjie Mosala, has been named South Africa’s National Best Teacher at the 26th National Teaching Awards.
The National Skills Fund (NSF) has come under intense parliamentary scrutiny over unpaid stipends, accommodation problems and disruptions to the training of hundreds of young people transferred to the Denel Training Academy programme.
