The matric class of 2022 will have to power through load-shedding to ensure they are well prepared for their final exams. The class of 2022 is set to write their first exam, English Paper 1, on October 31. Speaking to the media on…
It’s official: the October school holidays won’t be scrapped. Basic education minister, Angie Motshekga confirmed during a media briefing on Sunday that after a meeting with the nine MECs of education on Friday it was decided that the…
The government has decided not to allow all pupils who were scheduled to return to class next week to do so. In a statement on Thursday afternoon, the national basic education department said that only grades 6, grade 11 and grade R would…
It’s official: principals and other members of school management teams (SMTs) will not be reporting for duty on Monday. At least, so says teachers’ union Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie (SAOU). This is what was agreed on during a virtual…
An invitation by the basic education department to the public to send through the most important questions they would like to ask minister Angie Motshekga when she addresses the nation has opened a can of worms. The department was…
The Eastern Cape had the highest improvement of matric results in the country after obtaining a 76.5% pass rate in the 2019 matric examinations, up from the 70.6 % last year. The national pass rate increased to 81.3% from 78.2% in 2018.…
The mother of a 2019 matric pupil who is unable to use her limbs or speak on Tuesday told TimesLIVE that the year had been tough. “She wrote very well, though it was tough. She used a special device to write her exams, where she uses her…
The department of social development has widened the scope of its gender-based violence command centre to give counselling to matric pupils who are anxious ahead of the release of their results this week. Minister of basic education Angie…
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga expressed satisfaction on Friday that the national senior certificate (matric) examinations had gone smoothly. The results are to be announced on January 7. The last paper, agricultural technology…
The government’s plans to allow students to leave school at the end of Grade 9 with an “alternative set of qualifications” has stirred up a lot of controversy and got tongues wagging. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced the…
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has approved the reappointment of a ministerial task team to amend the history curriculum at South African schools. The team was appointed to make the curriculum more “Afrocentric and relevant” to…
Teachers’ union Naptosa has lauded the improvement in matric results‚ but has also cautioned that it is not true that no-fee schools are “outstripping” fee-paying schools in terms of performance. During the matric results announcement‚…
