Treasury had planned big boost to basic education

Consolidated spending was set to increase an average 5.9% over the medium-term expenditure framework

UCT lectures halted by student protests over fees and accommodation

Students have right to protest but access to campus restricted, vice-chancellor Mosa Moshabela says

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Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Cobus Oosthuizen, dean of postgraduate studies at Boston City Campus

Boys underperform throughout school system, study finds

Boys are falling behind girls and are more likely to repeat a grade or drop out

SA must focus on early grade learning to boost economic growth, says World Bank

Lender calls education ‘a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments to reduce poverty’

Fate of future matric results publication back in Pretoria high court

Inability to broadcast outcome of school leavers exams is unconstitutional, department argues

Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago named new Stellenbosch University chancellor

Kganyago has a long-standing connection with the institution, having been awarded an honorary doctor of commerce degree in 2018

Western Cape programme reverses Covid-19 learning losses

The intervention led to huge gains in maths and language skills, researchers say

Eastern Cape MEC vows to revive e-learning tablet project

Fundile Gade says the department will roll out devices despite the contract being under investigation

A third of SA’s children do not finish school, DGMT survey finds

Pregnancy and academic challenges are the main reasons learners drop out, says DG Murray Trust’s Zero Dropout Campaign

Solidarity and AfriForum challenge implementation of Bela Act

AfriForum charges promulgation was an act of aggression against Afrikaans schools and children

Government fails to meet its 2024 target for quality physical science passes

Only 31,345 of 200,715 candidates who wrote basic education department’s physical science exams achieved 60% or more

Government must rein in independent schools, say teachers unions

Disgruntled teachers accuse a privately owned Christian educational institution of flouting labour laws

Matric pass rate soars but minister sounds alarm on science and maths problem

While the industries in which they pursue careers are vital, the number of STEM candidates has fallen sharply

IEB class of 2024 achieves 98.47% pass rate

Most of the candidates who wrote IEB exams in 2024 had just started grade 8 when SA’s first case of Covid-19 was detected in March 2020

Umalusi gives green light for release of matric results

Quality assurance body confirms no systemic irregularities have been detected in the NSC exams

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