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Telecom Firms Pledge Support For ICT Roll-Out In Special Needs Schools
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, recently convened the first ICT Roundtable on resourcing special needs schools with ICT equipment.
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Gender Inequality In Education Is Still An Issue In Kenya And...
Beatrice Akala, University of Johannesburg
Women still aren’t fully represented in higher education in Kenya and South Africa, despite...
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Gauteng Education Extends Admission Placement Period For 2020 To End November
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has extended the admission placement period for the 2020 academic year to November 30.The process initially...
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Gauteng Education MEC Lesufi Apologizes To Parents Over Admissions Glitch
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi say his department is fully aware of the admission disruptions at district offices and has apologised to...
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DBE Says ‘Misleading Reports’ On Sexuality Section Of Curriculum Creating Panic...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) says its noted with concern the continued "misrepresentation of facts" regarding some of the content in...
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SA Principals Back From China Study Tour
Twenty-five South African school principals, who spent two weeks in China to broaden understanding of the work by educational leaders at a...
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DBE Averts Matric Exam Disruption In North West
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) say the 275 matric exam candidates, who had their sitting disrupted by community protests in the...
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SA School PrincipalS China Study Tour ‘Beneficial To All’ – DBE
ElijahMhlanga
SHANGHAI - This week marks the beginning of the second week of the study tour to China...
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Load Shedding Disrupt Matric Exams
Department of Basic Education spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, says areas mostly affected by load shedding on Wednesday were in Gauteng, KwaZulu- Natal and...
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DBE Says Contingency Plans In Place As Eskom Warned Not To...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) says Eskom’s power cut announcement is "extremely unfortunate" as it coincides with the start of the...
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Grand Affirmation For the Man ‘Who Loved To Affirm People’ –...
Anti-apartheid activist Matthew Goniwe, who was also a teacher, principal, community leader and one of the so-called ‘Cradock Four’ murdered by apartheid...
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Declining Quality Education Means Africa’s Youth Not Prepared For Job Market...
A sharp decline in the quality of education and training provided by African countries since 2014 has left many of the continent’s...
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Chinese and South African School Principals Learning From Each Other
Elijah Mhlanga
SHANGHAI - Cooperation between parents and teachers is a critical factor in a child's development,...
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DBE Clarifies Stance On General Education Certificate In Parliament
On the eve of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Matric examinations, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has again clarified, this time...
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SA Delegation in China To ‘Learn and Improve’ Local Education Outcomes
A South African delegation led by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is in China to participate in a seminar on policy...
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General Education Certificate is a Transitional Qualification – Umalusi
The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi), says the proposed General Education Certificate (GEC) is not...
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Some Areas of Concern, But Umalusi Ready For Matric 2019 –...
The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) has given assessment bodies the greenlight to administer the...
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Matric 2019: Extra Security Measures To Ensure No Leaks
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) says security around matric exam question papers have been tightened, with staff involved in the printing...
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New Technologies Can Be A Force For Good In Africa If...
Roland Benedikter, Wroclaw University
Sub-Saharan Africa is at a point where new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) could...