Back to school dates set with matrics and grade 7s first to return after Covid-19 lockdown
Schools are set to reopen next week with teachers opening on Monday, May 4, and pupils two days later.
Basic education director-general Mathanzima Mweli told...
Matric supplementary exams postponed to end of the year
More than 350,000 candidates who were due to write the amended senior certificate (old matric) and national senior certificate supplementary examinations in May and...
Matrics and Grade 7s could be back in school by May 6, other grades to be phased in – if lockdown ends April 30
Pupils in grades 12 and seven will be the first to return to school on May 6 if President Cyril Ramaphosa lifts the lockdown...
Online platforms are helping schools to keep pupils busy
Some local schools have created ways methods to ensure pupils do not fall behind in their academics amid the Covid-19 national lockdown.
In a letter...
‘Celebrities are not teachers’: Education department slammed for hiring celebs to teach during lockdown
The basic education department has been slammed by some for hiring celebrities and social media influencers as “digital teachers” during the lockdown, instead of...