NEWS RELATED TO education

School break over for most grades on 24 August, all grades back by 31 August

UCT to finish the 2020 academic year through remote teaching

Cosas begins push to close private schools

Schools that open before 24 Aug are well within the law – Fedsas

DA heads to court over schools as ‘ANC capitulates to unions’

Four-week break is to save lives, but don’t vandalise schools – Motshekga

Motshekga blasts ‘anti-everything’ opposition parties over schools criticism

Pressure mounts on govt as 60% of adults don’t want schools reopened

Teachers’ pay could be docked as Motshekga, unions tussle

Pupils mostly ignore Cosas Limpopo’s plea to abandon classes

Children should go back to school, Human Rights Commission says

School year not ‘lost’, redesign system to make up for lost time – experts

Eastern Cape DBE says to deregister children if you want them to stay at home

Naptosa also calls for schools to be closed after Motshekga cancels meeting

Sadtu resolves that schools close until after Covid-19 peak

It’s Maimane vs Motshekga over school closures amid virus peak

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Provinces ignore govt ruling on resumption of classes

Video: Motshekga finds herself in a Catch-22 Covid-19 problem

Limpopo parents barricade school gates during phasing in of other grades

EC postpones return of Grades R, 6 and 11 due to increased cases

Only grades 6 and 11 to return to school on Monday, not Grade R – CEM

Teacher unions not keen on more grades returning to school

Education dept moves to allay virus fears, Motshekga to meet MECs

We won’t be able to cope when grades return, teachers say in alarming survey

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

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

Finally, a higher education for cannabis-based products

The state of education and politics in SA, and 16 June

Soweto ’76 leader slams govt over poor education, ‘keeping people as mental slaves’

EC schools placed under custodianship of health department

Lesufi self-isolating after two staff members test positive

Gauteng education dept head offices closed after 2 staffers test positive

38 Gauteng schools have reported virus cases, says Lesufi

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

77 vandalised schools in Mpumalanga to be repaired before 8 June

Cabinet reshuffle fear spurs Motshekga into action

Western Cape schools will stay open until a court says otherwise – Schäfer

Motshekga gets support for ongoing school delay

Concerns mount that Limpopo will only be ready for school again in July

Western Cape announces it is ready to continue with school reopening

All grades going back to school on 6 July or 3 August – govt

32 Western Cape schools affected by existing or returning staff cases

419K pupils, staff expected at Gauteng schools on 1 June

Eight Gauteng school districts are yet to receive PPE deliveries

KZN govt says it doesn’t have to agree with unions on schools, but wants solutions

Gauteng schools ‘almost there but not 100%’ – Lesufi

Coalition of unions call on KZN teachers to not go back to school yet

Maimane working with Dali Mpofu on court challenge to schools reopening

Gauteng schools may use soap, not sanitiser, as criminals target PPEs

Teachers need more time to prepare – Sadtu KZN

I understand the concerns about schools, I am also a mother – Motshekga

Virtual open day on the cards for Gauteng parents to evaluate school readiness

Bidvest was given no tender, they offered a PPE donation, explains Lesufi

Hopes and fears abound over back-to-school plans

Do not return to schools, Sadtu urges teachers in the Northern Cape

No visitors, 3 screenings a day – here’s Gauteng’s plan for schools reopening

Independent schools meet with DBE over exemptions as they prepare to reopen from 1 June

No school must be left behind in 2020 recovery plan – Zero Dropout Campaign

Don’t rush the process of opening schools

Keep your anxieties about schools reopening to yourself

Reopening schools a necessary risk, Western Cape says

These are the challenges in the back-to-school plan – GGA

SA is far from ready to open schools, teacher unions insist

KZN government greenlights reopening of schools

This is how some Gauteng schools are preparing for the return of pupils

Sadtu, teachers concerned about EC’s readiness to reopen schools

KZN MEC warns they will be tough on schools that flout Covid-19 measures

Schools to start reopening from 1 June, but no sport to be allowed

Gauteng legislature warns against ‘senseless and suicidal’ attempt to reopen schools

Lockdown Diaries: Gap between the haves and have-nots widens

Education dept warns schools against opening too soon

Full time SABC Education channel goes live on Monday

Young children ‘safest to return to school first’ amid virus threat