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‘Bullying involves one or more people singling out deliberately and repeatedly hurting or harming physically or mentally another person or group of people,’ she added.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has voiced concerns over the revelations by Gauteng MEC of Education Matome Chiloane that public schools owe over R262 million to municipalities, which it said is affecting municipalities in providing services to residents.
The Free State Department of Education has joined Gauteng province in suspending the sale of food and snacks inside and near schools premises following over 100 cases of food poisoning incidents reported at three schools.
Following a spate of food poisoning related incidents allegedly linked to foreign-owned spaza shops, Gayton McKenzie is calling for deportation of undocumented foreign nationals.
After five children died in Naledi, Soweto from allegedly consuming poisoned snacks, Operation Dudula and furious residents shut down foreign-owned spaza shops in the area.
Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie and his counterpart Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube have signed a memorandum of understanding to 'strengthen the implementation of sports, arts, culture’ in public schools.
The Walking Safely to School project (WATCH), was started to improve road infrastructure and promote road safety around ten schools in Mamelodi.
In one instance where a learner brought ‘space cakes’, eight learners tested positive for drug usage.
Saftu’s General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi said the PP report dealing with complaints in the basic education sector confirmed their worst worries.
The schools had no administration block, library, laboratory for science components, and no hall to accommodate learners during examinations.
The Moral Regeneration Movement has called for a probe into the violence in Masamane that shut down schools for two months.
Following the release of Census 2022 by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday, political party Build One South Africa (BOSA) called for education minister Angie Motshekga to be fired.
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 trajectory of the BRICS bloc will be guided by those who prioritise, invest in, and secure a robust Mathematical foundation for their youth — a lesson South Africa should heed.
OPINION: The illusion of the 100% matric pass rate is a waste of time that is not in the interests of the thousands of children who, every year, are failing to get the education that they deserve, writes Banele Lukhele, the Executive Head of School at UCT Online High School.
The five maths and four science educators will be conducting the workshops for educators teaching Grade seven, eight, and nine learners.
As of yesterday, the GDE Online Admissions System recorded a total of 131 294 applications made for Grade 1 and 169 613 applications made for Grade 8. This brings the grand total of applications made to 300 907.
The programme offers Grade 6 learners with the best entrepreneurial opportunity to build the life they want for themselves through quality education at one of South Africa’s top achieving partner high schools.
The Bela Bill aims to make a host of changes to schools in South Africa, including controversial proposals such as giving the government the final say over language policies at schools and allowing schools to sell alcohol at after-hours and non-school related activities.
Teachers attending the public hearings also told the Portfolio Committee that they should not be burdened to manage learner pregnancy at schools as they were not only ill-equipped but also more occupied with curriculum and administrative functions at schools.
Described as discrimination and a violation of the South African Schools Act (Sasa), the pregnant learner was allegedly expelled from school once her pregnancy became noticeable.
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.
OPINION: We may rescue reading. Our stuff might be deep, but South African courage and spirit is deeper.
Education expert Hendrick Makaneta says that more focus should be on ways to address the ‘skewed’ basic education levels so that children from poor communities and schools can stand an equal chance against their peers from more affluent schools.