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Stronger partnerships with business, civil society and development organisations are needed to ensure menstruation does not prevent girls from attending school or participating fully in education.
Msibi, a professor of Curriculum Studies in UKZN’s School of Education, previously served as a member of the Umalusi Council. He now assumes the council’s highest leadership position.
In one of the most significant changes, Gwarube said the department would begin ranking provincial matric performance using an inclusive basket of quality indicators.
Speaking at the Education World Forum in London, the minister highlighted South Africa’s efforts to strengthen foundational learning and expand Early Childhood Development.
Government has set aside R10 billion over three years to support ECD subsidies, including an increase in the subsidy from R17 to R24 per child per day.
The assault case against six Milnerton High School learners who are not minors was postponed to March on Tuesday to allow prosecutors to finalise outstanding investigations, the National Prosecuting Authority said.
By Thapelo Molefe
South Africa’s failure to get children reading and counting in the early years amounts to a “national emergency” that threatens the country’s...
Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube said on Monday that many pupils are failing to reach reading-fluency levels needed to read with comprehension by Grade 4.
By Charmaine Ndlela
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) education authorities have ordered an urgent investigation into allegations that teachers at Thubalethu Secondary School in Pinetown molested female pupils,...
By Johnathan Paoli
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has called for urgent empowerment of social workers, health workers, and caregivers to report cases of...
