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The basic education minister is to announce the plans for the rest of the school year later this week.Image: Gallo Images
EC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

By 2020 Grade 12s will write exams in their mother tongue

In a decision that will have major implications for isiXhosa and Sotho speaking pupils in the province, the Eastern Cape education department has given the go-ahead for matric pupils to answer exam questions in their home language from…

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Eastern Cape education department spokesperson Mali Mtima confirmed the incident, adding that it was a very “sensitive issue”.Image: Grey Junior School Port Elizabeth via Facebook
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Grey Junior pupil needs surgery after altercation at Port Elizabeth school

A pupil from Grey Junior School in Port Elizabeth has been suspended following an altercation which left his schoolmate seriously injured. Eastern Cape department spokesperson Mali Mtima confirmed the incident, adding that it was a very…

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Eskom pulled the plug just before the school holidays started. Image: Gallo Images/ IStock
ALFRED NZO MUNICIPALITY

Pupils in the dark, teachers prep at home as Eskom ‘punishes defaulters’

Eastern Cape teachers were forced to print exam papers at home and pupils wrote tests in cold, dark classrooms due to unpaid electricity bills. More than 10 schools in the Alfred Nzo municipality have been operating without power for…

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