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A 2021 school’s admissions guide for Grades 1 and 8

Is this the beginning of the end of traditional schooling as we know it?

Grade 11s: don’t leave the Matric focus until next year

Grade 1 & 8 Gauteng parents have 7 days to accept or decline school placement offer

Criminal charges considered over R82m school built in sewage

Children might play a bigger role in Covid-19 transmission than first thought. Schools must prepare

Two Trinity House schools shut their doors as pupil numbers dwindle

Government launches free TV catchup show for matrics

‘Spike’ in corruption weakens public trust in governments – Mthembu

Some parents excited about back-to-school while others experience a nightmare

When do Grades 5 and 8 go back to school?

How to prep your kids for back-to-school after months of lockdown

World

France delays launch of 100bn euro virus recovery plan

Karoo learners thrown a Covid-19 academic lifeline with free tablets and monthly data

Hoërskool Witteberg learners participate in socially distanced ‘Jerusalema’ dance challenge

Choosing between mathematical literacy and mathematics in school

Combined Matric exams: Here is the final timetable

Grades R to 4, 6, 9 to 11 set for back-to-school on 24 August

All your new school calendar questions answered

Must parents still pay fees during a school shutdown?

SAICA extends Thuthuka Bursary window

Mr President, what about private schools?

Cosas begins push to close private schools

Communicate on schooling, Cyril

So, schools are closing. What now?

Unions ‘cautiously’ welcome decision to close schools but private schools remain a concern

Ramaphosa: Schools to close for four weeks as Covid-19 infections rise

I give up, Angie, now you’re going to close schools, again?

Why pay ‘R404m’ to lease tablets when you can buy for R264m, EC dept asked

WATCH: John Oliver has some good insights into why schools should remain closed

Angie Motshekga meets Cabinet as unions propose matrics return to school on 17 August

Schools should stay open because ‘nobody knows when peak will end’, says Fedsas

Hybrid vs blended vs online learning: Looking at the best option for your children

Govt needs rework its education system due to time lost – experts

Angie Motshekga to meet with relevant stakeholders regarding possible closure of schools

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

The World Health Organisation says schools should be closed until September

The phasing in of more grades will continue, says department of education

Celebs And Viral

The celebrities that have decided to send and not send their kids back to school

MEC disgusted by racist graffiti at Limpopo school, matrics refuse to go to class

Parents split over proposal to scrap 2020 academic year

WATCH: Limpopo education dept condemns incident of learner wasting hand sanitiser

The kids aren’t alright: Watch kids waste sanitiser in classrooms

WATCH: Social-distancing protocols in Randpark Ridge High School not followed

Privately owned creches and day care centres can open if they are Covid-19 compliant

Learners who aren’t returning won’t be deregistered, says Lesufi

Five things that Angie Motshekga said that parents need to note

News

Some schools telling learners to go home due to lack of PPE

SA schools brace themselves as more pupils head back

100 days of lockdown: What has happened for parents?

Is your child at risk of getting infected with Covid-19 as more grades head back to school?

The Great Equalizer Podcast-Back-to-school

Only grades R, 6 and 11 to return to school on Monday

Teachers are not confident that they will be able to cope when schools reopen

Personality fit between parent and child is key for homeschooling

Here is how creches are preparing for reopening on 6 July

Limpopo schools get 431 water tankers at schools

Parents react to the first day of GDE applications for 2021

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

Covid-19-positive teacher sets herself on fire

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

ECD centres and creche reopening: This is what we know so far

Gauteng dept of education opens 2021 applications, but with some technical glitches

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

School turns hostel into isolation venue as 204 learners test positive for Covid-19

NSC 2020 exams to go ahead as planned – This is what we know so far

Parents speak out on taking their grade 1s back to school on 6 July

Top East London school ordered to tackle reconciliation and transformation amid racism claims

Yes, I deregistered my toddler from school

Someone at my child’s school has tested positive for Covid-19: What should I do next?

Online applications for the 2021 academic year are opening in Gauteng

PPE theft and water shortages hurting the Covid-19 fight in Mpumalanga schools

Homeschooling stress management for parents and kids

Courts

Open schools will increase spread of Covid-19, says Maimane

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