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Earlier this month, the Gauteng Department of Education suspended food sales in and outside all schools until further notice, due to the rise of food poisoning incidents affecting schoolchildren.
Gauteng’s Education MEC Matome Chiloane has vowed to keep the jobs of about 3,400 teachers across the province by slashing various educational programmes amid a R4. 5 billion budget deficit.
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said they had appointed Meshack Nchupetsang of Nchupetsang Incorporated Attorneys to provide a comprehensive report within seven days about what led to Temilton’s death by drowning.
The schools had no administration block, library, laboratory for science components, and no hall to accommodate learners during examinations.
The Centre for Development and Enterprise exposed the neglected corruption in South Africa’s education sector and advocated for urgent reforms.
Councillors, social workers and security guards will be deployed to a number of high risk schools in Gauteng, with a school safety summit planned for October.
The five maths and four science educators will be conducting the workshops for educators teaching Grade seven, eight, and nine learners.
The committee will conclude the Northern Cape leg of public consultations with a hearing in Frances Baard District Municipality at the Mayibuye Multi-purpose Centre in Galeshewe from 12pm – 4pm on Sunday.
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Western Cape told the education portfolio committee that it needs to ensure the freedom of the curriculum against what they describe as draconian regulations proposed by the bill.
The people of the Western Cape have an opportunity to determine the trajectory of South Africa’s education system.
The 100% free certificate course takes the form of a 2D online game which is currently running and will be live until 25 June 2023.
There are 24 871 schools nationally, however records show that only 310 have installed generators, 13 have uninterrupted power supply (UPS) devices and 19 have both installed at schools.
The BELA Bill was mostly rejected by Pietermaritzburg residents who highlighted that the merger of schools takes away the right of learners to quality education from schools closer to where they live.
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South Africa’s education system is in crisis.
The Gauteng Premier highlighted that for the first time, they would access resources from private sector financial institutions to fund infrastructure projects upfront, after which they would be built, maintained and transferred to them.
This follows recent chaotic and violent incidents at schools that claimed the lives of pupils and threatened safety of others including the school staff.
A lack of safety, bullying concerns, and low teacher expectations can negatively impact learning.
There are 1148 schools on the waiting list for learner transport in the province at the budgeted cost of R1. 8 billion.
Offering her support, Megan Culligan has launched a crowdfunding campaign on BackaBuddy, appealing to the public to help the jovial youngster.
Section27, also representing the Centre for Child Law in the matter, is expected to proceed to file papers at the Supreme Court of Appeal after it was granted leave to appeal.
The department said that it had already completed 164 classrooms planned for next year, and a further 510 are scheduled for completion by January 2023, with the final 168 due by March 2023.
A comparison of the water and sanitation conditions in the same 15 schools shows small improvements between 2017 and 2020, the organisation found.
The proposed guidelines are reportedly an attempt to become more inclusive and move away from gender norms in order to accommodate transgender and non-binary children.