Education
Partnerships and potential: Building Athlone Institute Paarl’s second century
In 1974, when the Group Areas Act forced Noorder Paarl High School to vacate its historic home in exchange for asbestos-sheeted classrooms east of...
PSA rejects economist’s call to slash teachers’ salaries by 50%
The Public Servants Association (PSA) has rejected calls to halve educators’ salaries to enable government to employ more teachers, saying such a move would...
Education MEC Lebogang Maile blasts Eastbank High School vandalism
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has strongly condemned the burning of school furniture and the disruption of teaching and learning at Eastbank High School...
Maile calls for collaboration in curbing violence in Gauteng schools
The MEC for Education in Gauteng, Lebogang Maile, says schools must be sacred spaces for learning and teaching, where criminality or violence has no...
NSFAS opens theft case against former board member over missing laptops
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened a theft case against a former board member accused of keeping laptops that were intended...
Gauteng online applications for 2027 off to strong start
Gauteng Education's 2027 online school admissions process got off to a strong start on Wednesday, with more than 210,000 Grade 1 and Grade 8...
Gauteng opens 2027 online admissions for Grade 1, Grade 8 learners
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) will open its 2027 online admissions process for Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners on August 5, urging...
Teaching excellence rewarded at National Education Excellence Awards
The Department of Basic Education has recognised the country's top-performing education districts, circuits and schools for their outstanding contribution to teaching and learning at...
Gauteng govt warns contractors linked to delayed smart school project
The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) has warned that disputes between contractors and subcontractors must not be allowed to derail the completion of...
‘Rapid migration overburdening education system’: MEC Maile
The Gauteng MEC for education, Lebogang Maile, says his department is seized with rapid migration in its quest to make the education system in...
