Education

Covid-19: 176 schools affected in Gauteng, Lesufi confirms

World-renowned nuclear physicist to take over Wits’ reins from Habib

Motshekga’s thumbs-up on school readiness faces increasing backlash

Gauteng education dept receives over 100,000 applications for Grades 1 and 8 for 2021 within a few hours

SA failed its pupils during pandemic – UN report

Govt outlines Covid-19 measures when early childhood development centres reopen

Should more grades return to school as cases spike? Here’s unions’ view

Education dept gazettes new directions for 2020 matric exams

UKZN to reopen next week, albeit ‘cautiously

Universities tight-lipped over Vice-chancellors’ pay

Back at school in Atteridgeville – parents share their thoughts

Claims we paid R170,000 per water tanker are fake news – KZN education dept

Alleged racism at Pretoria Girls High continues

Badly behaved parents not a reason to kick children out of school – Concourt

Remove unreliable firms as suppliers to govt, Limpopo DA demands

A million children are left home alone as creches remain closed

More than 20 schools in SA accused of racism

Motshekga taken to court as pupils struggle

14 KZN schools affected by Covid-19 to reopen on Monday

67 Gauteng schools closed due to Covid-19 cases, infrastructure issues

EC schools placed under custodianship of health department

Bishop Bavin school in Gauteng allegedly closes doors due to financial woes

Parents ‘don’t have to sign indemnity forms for child to return to class’

Teacher who set ‘fun’ slave auction activity at Cape Town school resigns

82 Ekurhuleni school staff members expected to return Monday after quarantine

Boy, 12, dies after falling ill at Gauteng school

Motshekga releases updated 2020 school calendar

Gauteng school reopens despite 82 staff members being in quarantine

St Anne’s Old Girls also detail experiences of bigotry, racism in public letter

98 teachers in Western Cape test positive for virus as 16 schools close

We did not force school to have pupils do ad on slavery – Umalusi

Unisa postpones exams after computer system problems

15 pupils sent home from Bloemfontein school after showing Covid-19 symptoms

Politics may be at play here, says educators union after court dismisses urgent appeal

Some Limpopo schools reopen despite water shortages, sanitation challenges

Tragedy strikes Ekurhuleni school as two teachers die in separate incidents on same day

Educators union SA loses bid to halt schools’ reopening

Racism claims investigated at Durban Girls’ College

UDM’s women’s organisation says ‘the worst is yet to come’ if schooling continues

Port Elizabeth teacher tests positive for Covid-19, school closes

Under Level 3, 33% of students meant to return – but TUT’s final years make up 36%

TUT is producing its own sanitisers, disinfectants – Nzimande

Health sciences varsity welcomes probe into sex harrassment-accused VC

WATCH: No writing off of NSFAS debt, says Nzimande

Free internet browsing for maths programme targeted at township youth

Eastern Cape records highest number of schools still closed

Cape Town school apologises for making students create slave auction ad

Gauteng school closed after mayor discovers there is no water

It’s ‘business unusual’ as schools get used to ‘new order’

Gauteng teacher who allegedly threatened to put knee on pupils’ necks, to face hearing

38 Gauteng schools have reported virus cases, says Lesufi

Return of Mpumalanga pupils goes smoothly, despite some setbacks – dept

KZN MEC condemns ‘shockwave’ child porn video, warns parents

Lesufi accepts Maimane challenge to do a walkabout at any Gauteng school

DA welcomes the reopening of schools but seeks clarity on certain issues

SAHRC will conduct school visits to monitor any challenges

Thirty schools in Gauteng and 55 in Western Cape report Covid-19 cases in past week

‘Teething problems’ reported as schools reopen across SA

SA gears up to reopen schools as Motshekga pleads for no unnecessary visits

Zikalala says 6,000 schools in KZN are ready to reopen

Parents have mixed reactions to back-to-school announcement

WATCH: 95% of schools across the country ready to reopen – Motshekga

Isasa pleased private schools can apply to phase in pupils in more grades

Joburg school prepares pupils for a new normal in a time of Covid-19

Our primary responsibility is to save lives when reopening universities – Buti Manamela

Unions worried about schools’ readiness to reopen as meeting with minister, MECs postponed

67 Gauteng schools will not be ready to welcome learners on Monday – Lesufi

Schools opening under Level 3: Govt yet to respond to Maimane’s Court challenge

Cosatu calls for student debt to be scrapped amid ‘Covid-19 economic fallout’

77 vandalised schools in Mpumalanga to be repaired before 8 June

Nsfas writing off almost R2bn in historic debt, DA says

SAHRC satisfied as education dept complies with Covid-19 deadline on regulations

North West school closes after principal tests positive for Covid-19

Lesufi says call for action against racism at Joburg ‘Model-C’ school will not be ignored

Rural Eastern Cape school beats the odds to get ready for Covid-19 despite limited resources