Education

R634m budget shortfall leaves more than 100,000 KZN pupils without transport

‘Computer glitch’ deregisters ‘underperforming’ students at Walter Sisulu University

DBE releases official 2021 school calendar

Eastern Cape schools’ state of readiness raises concerns

How to win your share of Black Coffee’s R3.5 million tech scholarship

Against all odds: Teen pockets 11 distinctions at university

Parliament urges KZN education department to fix areas of concern before schools reopen

Mpumalanga Education dept denies leaving students stranded in Russia

Unisa mum on ‘impractical’, long semester

Basic Education still working on solutions as unpaid teachers wait in limbo

More courses to be offered at University of Mpumalanga

Unions raises concerns over safety protocols as teachers return to duty

PICS: Back to school for private schools, public school teachers also return

Education dept invites 2020 matric pupils to register for May/June supplementary exams

Back-to-school blues for teachers

Matric

Record number of matric dropouts projected for class of 2020

Cosas vows to challenge early opening for private schools in court

Back to school for management teams, support staff or face the consequences: DBE

Covid-19: Another Gauteng matric exam marker dies

Motshekga says private schools can open on 1 February

EC education dept apologies for outstanding December salaries for workers

Unisa semester change raises students’ ire

Matric exam marking completed in most provinces, says education department

Matric

Number of matric exam markers who tested positive for Covid-19 ‘not alarmingly high’

Rural schools ‘not ready to reopen’

Second matric exam marker in Gauteng succumbs to Covid-19

Marking will be completed in time, says EC education despite markers protest

It’s each university for itself with different academic plans in the tertiary sector

WATCH: Minister Nzimande briefs media on plans for reopening of higher education sector

Schools that open for physical classes ‘defiant of the state’ – Lesufi

Lesufi expected to visit Helpmekaar College following reports of reopening

MPs call for probe after education dept fails to pay teaching assistants

Independent schools turn to online learning as govt delays opening schools

‘Save the teachers, they are dying’ – Unions

Delay will put schools, pupils under more pressure

Right call to open SA schools later

Education dept aim to improve ICT in schools to finish curriculum

Why Cabinet decided to delay schools’ opening to 15 February

EFF welcomes closure of schools over Covid-19 fears, will ensure none open

Video: Schools opening postponed to 15 February

WATCH LIVE: Department briefs the nation on school reopening

Back to school sooner, or later?

Milnerton high school distances itself from fake, racist TikTok account

Exam marker found unconscious at Gauteng centre, dies after testing positive for Covid-19

Teacher unions welcomes NCCC’s proposal to pause reopening schools

Parents’ concerns mount as public schools set to open

Indy schools call for ‘balance’ as NCCC proposes delay to start of academic year

Low-income households more likely to oppose reopening schools – study

School in billing row

Action Society urges government not to postpone start of 2021 school year

Matric

Way forward for 2021 academic year in flux

NSC exam markers and moderators felled

Matric

Basic Education confirms matric marking will be completed on time

School academic year to start on 27 January as planned

Matric

1 death, 238 positive Covid-19 tests recorded among matric markers

DBE updates SA on matric marking progress

Sadtu calls for matric paper marking in Estcourt to stop until all markers tested

120 matric exam markers in Eastern Cape test positive for Covid-19

Unisa reduces number of first-time students

938 matric exam markers withdraw from marking across five provinces

Covid-19 claims lives of three school principals

‘No chance’ of contact classes for universities in 2021 first quarter

The new back-to-school normal – in shift

74 matric exam markers in Eastern Cape test positive for Covid-19

GUIDE: Bursary opportunities for 2021 students

GUIDE: Where to get the best school stationery deals in ‘Januworry’

GUIDE: What is the status of SA’s universities for the 2021 academic year?

Independent schools push back 2021 opening, cancel orientation days

Matric markers urged to take personal responsibility for ensuring incident-free process

Tributes pour in for late National Teachers’ Union president Allen Thompson

Marking of 14 million matric papers starts today

IEB provides clarification on Umalusi case after Lesufi comments

WATCH: Mmusi Maimane challenges citizens to learn a new SA language this year

Health protocols in place for start of matric marking

Covid-19: ‘Broke’ Eastern Cape govt unable to buy PPE for schools in 2021