After the maths paper 2 exam was leaked before it was due to be written, the education department have yet to identify the culpable source.
Minister Angie Motshekga said they would would investigate how Mathematics Paper 2 was leaked, on the eve of the exam being written
Two adults were caught trying to write matric exams on behalf of registered candidates. One has been arrested while the other escaped.
The Basic Education department has resolved that all students must get an opportunity to write their matric exams.
A total of 1,058,699 candidates are expected to sit for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations from November 5 to December 15
Following a meeting between the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Health, learners who contract COVID-19 will still be allowed to write exams
More than a million matriculants across the country will sit down for the 2020 National Senior Certificate Examinations
Enoch Mpianzi drowned after a makeshift raft capsized during an excursion in the North West
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has praised the country’s teachers for their dedication to pupils and managing to report to the classroom, even under the most difficult circumstances
Matric learners are set to begin their National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations on 5 November and conclude on 15 December 2020
Sadtu’s NEC has called on the department to delay the start of the exams from 5 November to 26 November 2020
For many of the grades, it will be the first time going back to school since the country went under lockdown back in March
The basic education department has labelled claims that Mathole Motshekga has been supplying sanitisers to schools, as not true and totally malicious
The MEC said there were still disruptions to schools, particularly in Pretoria and Johannesburg and that they have roped in the relevant law enforcement agencies to assist
The Department of Basic Education has officially gazetted the latest 2020 school calendar.
According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, public schools will take a four-week break and private schools will remain open.
Learners in all grades and classes must stay away from school until the end of August, as Ramaphosa confirmed that schools will now close.
This could be D-Day for learners, teachers and parents: A decision on school closures is expected on Thursday, and classroom activity may be suspended.
The study, conducted by UJ, suggests that the majority of people from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds want schools closed
First we waited all weekend, and now, it seems like another day to make the final decisions on closing schools has passed by – but is Angie Motshekga ‘wasting time’?
A leading education union has revealed that proposals have been submitted, aiming to keep learners out of school for the immediate future.
Distancing itself from an online survey, the Department of Basic Education says cabinet will decide the fate of schools.
As South Africa heads towards a devastating peak of COVID-19 infections, concerned parents and teachers continue to ask Angie Motshekha; will schools close?
On Tuesday, Sadtu officially announced that they want schools to close ‘immediately’. It marks another tough hurdle Minister Motshekga must now clear.
The decision is an about-turn from Sadtu after it had joined other unions Naptosa, SAOU, Natu and PEU, as well as the School Governing Body Associations, in giving the go-ahead for pupils to return to school