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Isiseko primary soweto boys
news

Isiseko primary remembers slain leaners in a memorial service

Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school
News

Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school

Special school learners return to class after two-months boycott
KwaZulu-Natal

Special school learners return to class after two-months boycott

Isiseko primary soweto boys
News

Isiseko primary remembers slain leaners in a memorial service

Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school
News

Parents and learners close Eastern Cape school

Special school learners return to class after two-months boycott
KwaZulu-Natal

Special school learners return to class after two-months boycott

Kwata Primary School in Limpopo receives infrastructure upgrade
Limpopo

Kwata Primary School in Limpopo receives infrastructure upgrade

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele19-04-2023 14:37

Kwata Primary School in Ga-Phala, Limpopo has recently undergone infrastructure upgrades to provide a better learning environment

Eastern Cape learners
Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape learners stuck at home without school transport

By Ground Up13-04-2023 10:28

Thousands of learners in the Eastern Cape were not able to attend school in the first term because they do not have transport.

Over 66,000 learners in Limpopo schools still using pit toilets
Limpopo

Over 66,000 learners in Limpopo schools still rely on pit toilets

By Ground Up11-04-2023 10:23

According to NEIMS, more than 5,000 of the country’s 23,275 public schools still had plain pit toilets in April 2021.

How TikTok is connecting teachers and students in a new way
Education

How TikTok is connecting teachers and students in a new way

By The Conversation30-03-2023 15:05

In our new study, we investigated the popular genre of “TeachTok” – where teachers teach and talk about teaching on TikTok

Inspiring a culture of reading in primary schools
Education

Inspiring a culture of reading in primary schools

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele16-03-2023 10:13

The campaign aims to instill a culture of reading and contribute to improving numeracy skills of primary schools in South Africa.

Learners protest after municipality cuts off school’s water
News

Learners protest after municipality cuts off school’s water

By Ground Up08-03-2023 14:10

Sakhulukeka High Schoo learners left their classrooms on Tuesday morning to engage in a water strike after the municipality cut off water.

drugs Limpopo schools
Limpopo

Nigerian nationals arrested for allegedly selling drugs to learners

By Nokwanda Ncwane20-02-2023 09:09

Two suspects are expected to appear in court for allegedly selling drugs to learners at two schools in Limpopo.

Parkland shooting: school insights on dealing with grief
News

Parkland shooting: school insights on dealing with grief

By The Conversation15-02-2023 09:57

Five years after Parkland shooting, a school psychologist offers insights on helping students and teachers deal with grief.

Secondary school chairs learners
News

Soshanguve school needs 400 chairs for learners

By Virginia Keppler-Young07-02-2023 19:20

The Botse Botse Secondary School in Soshanguve needs 400 chairs for learners. Image: DA

learners mobile classroom schools
News

Is your child one of 77 learners stuck in one little mobile classroom?

By Virginia Keppler-Young07-02-2023 18:15

77 learners are packed into one little old mobile classroom at Thorntree Primary School in Soshanguve.

Watch learners in Ficksburg video
News

WATCH: Ficksburg learners attacks police vehicle [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga03-02-2023 11:37

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Watch Learners spill pot of food suspended video
News

WATCH: Alexandra High School learner suspended for spilling food [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga31-01-2023 14:12

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

learners pot food suspended
News

WATCH: Learners spill pot of food suspended

By Virginia Keppler-Young31-01-2023 12:17

Leaners who spilled a pot of food at the Alexandra High School is suspended and on disciplinary hearing.

school pupils
News

176 Tshwane Grade 8 learners still without school

By Virginia Keppler-Young31-01-2023 10:18

A 176 Grade 8 Tshwane learners are still waiting to be placed.

learners place parents patient
News

Mpumalanga: Parents must be patient while we work on placing

By Virginia Keppler-Young12-01-2023 17:41

The Mpumalanga Education asked par3ents to be patient while they working to place all learners.

school pupils
News

Its all systems go for 120 000 grade one learners in Mpumalanga

By Virginia Keppler-Young12-01-2023 09:58

Mpumalanga Education department placed 120 000 ggrade.1 learners without a glitch.

Hoërskool Montana teachers, le
News

Hoërskool Montana teachers, learners mourn the death of a pupil death

By Virginia Keppler-Young30-12-2022 12:50

Hoërskool Montana teachers, learners and parents mourn the death of one of their pupils who was about to start his matric year. Image: Facebook/Hoërskool Montana Amptelik

school pupils
News

Learners in Eastern Cape still walking 20 km to school

By Ground Up29-11-2022 17:06

15 000 learners eligible for scholar transport are not getting it because the Eastern Cape has no budget.

Unisex toilets
LGBTQIA+

Responses to dangerous panic over ‘unisex’ school toilets

By Mambaonline.com25-11-2022 14:22

More than 40 LGBTIQ+ and allied organisations have responded to the backlash against proposals to make schools safer for LGBTIQ+ learners.

Disable Learners and access to education
News

Learners with disabilities: A place for everyone in schools

By Ground Up09-11-2022 06:53

As unbelievable as it sounds, learners with disabilities are still being denied access to basic education in South Africa.

Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape learners left stranded on school tour

By Siso Naile30-09-2022 19:43

Uproar as learners from an Eastern Cape school are captured stranded in a cold parking lot during an excursion apparently overnight

Gugulethu
News

Gugulethu crime hotspot converted to learners’ walkway

By Ground Up30-09-2022 02:30

A space once used as an illegal dump site and crime hotspot in Gugulethu, has been transformed into a walkway for learners.

learner bus
News

Mogale City: Grade 6 learner dies after falling under moving bus

By Thabo Baloyi30-09-2022 01:05

The Gauteng Department of Education says learners were fighting inside the bus when one of them fell out and was ran over by it

learners Vanderbijlpark
Gauteng

One dead, seven learners injured in Sebokeng scholar bus accident

By Nokwanda Ncwane07-09-2022 16:25

One of the eight learners who were involved in a scholar transport accident in Vanderbijlpark died while others were hospitalised.

Inanda taxi learners
KwaZulu-Natal

LOOK: Three learners killed, 13 injured in horrific Inanda taxi crash

By Nokwanda Ncwane29-07-2022 06:00

One of three deceased primary school learners was trapped under the wreckage of the overturned taxi after it crashed in Inanda, KZN.

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