department of basic education (dbe)

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    2025 matric exam leak detected during marking

    2025 matric exam leak detected during marking The Department of Basic Education has revealed that an examination breach was detected during the marking process for the 2025 National Senior Certificate exams. "The breach was detected through the department's internal monitoring and oversight...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    South African schools need official AI policies — Education experts

    South African schools need official AI policies — Education experts Education experts have called on the government to urgently develop policies to govern the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, Netwerk24 reports. Independent education consultant Marius Botha told the...
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  4. Jan

    The grade 10 cohort pass rate for the Matric class of 2022 was 53%

    South Africa's real 2022 matric pass rate — 53% South Africa's "real" 2022 matric pass rate is 53%, much lower than the impressive figure revealed by the Department of Basic Education last night. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced the 2022 matric results for public schools on...
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  5. Agent67

    SAHRC, DBE working to develop social cohesion curriculum in wake of July unrest

    https://ewn.co.za/2022/06/22/sahrc-dbe-working-to-develop-social-cohesion-curriculum-in-wake-of-july-unrest
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    • Replies: 48
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  6. Jan

    Online applications learners in Gauteng placed in schools

    Gauteng online Grade 1 and Grade 8 school placements finished Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has announced that as of today, all Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners who applied through the 2022 Online Admissions process have been successfully placed in schools around the province. According to...
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  7. Jan

    South African school students in Grade R to Grade 4 are very far behind - research

    Grade 1s in South Africa can't work out 4 minus 1 Experts are warning that the positive spin on South Africa's latest matric results in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic is ignoring the overall devastating impact the last two years have had on younger learners. A lot of the recent focus has...
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  8. Jan

    Big jump in grade 10 cohort matric pass rate to 53% in 2021

    South Africa's real matric pass rate — 53% The "real" matric pass rate of the class of 2021 is 53% — substantially worse than the official figure given by basic education minister Angie Motshekga. On Thursday evening, Motshekga announced that the pass rate of 2021's matrics was 76.4%, up...
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    • angie motshekga department of basic education (dbe) matric 2021 matric pass rate
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  9. Jan

    How school students can check their 2021 matric results

    Where to get the 2021 matric results Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will announce the 2021 national examination results at 18:00 on Thursday, and individual candidate results will be made available at exam centres the following day. The 2021 matric exams commenced on 27 October...
    • Jan
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  10. Jan

    Matric results publication gets green light from High Court and Umalusi

    Matric exam results get green light The Pretoria High Court has ruled that the Department of Basic Education should continue publishing the matric results on public platforms, including newspapers and online. The Department of Basic Education says that it will abide by the North Gauteng High...
    • Jan
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  11. Jan

    What happens to maths and science pass rates when the pass mark is 50%, not 30%

    End South Africa’s 30% matric pass mark It is time to end the ability to pass matric subjects with a 30% mark, One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has said. One South Africa launched a petition calling on basic education minister Angie Motshekga to increase the matric pass mark to 50% —...
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    • Replies: 59
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  12. Jan

    DBE disputes analysis expecting worse matric results - explains pass marks

    Matric pass marks explained — when 30% isn't good enough Even though the Department of Basic Education announces a single matric pass rate every year, it has explained there isn’t one common pass mark in South Africa. Basic education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga told eNCA that South Africa has...
    • Jan
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    • department of basic education (dbe) elijah mhlanga matric matric 2021
    • Replies: 25
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  13. Jan

    New Grade 9 exit-level exam and compulsory history in SA schools

    New Grade 9 exit-level exam for South Africa The Department of Basic Education wants to introduce a new school exit level certificate and compulsory history.
  14. Jan

    SA Spelling Bee 2015 launched

    As part of a broader comprehensive strategy to address the poor performance by learners in languages and numeracy, the Department of Basic Education, in partnership with Spell It South Africa, will today launch the Spelling Bee South Africa Competition for 2015. The Annual National...
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    False Matric numbers exposed

    False Matric numbers revealed The number of matriculants who passed in 2014 is much lower than many media reports suggest
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    Vodacom zero-rates data for educational sites

    Free Vodacom data for educational sites Vodacom has zero-rated access to 5 South African educational websites
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    • Replies: 15
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  17. Jan

    Delphi, MS-Office exclusivity in SA schools reversed

    Delphi, MS-Office SA schools exclusive reversed The Department of Basic Education has backed down on its plan to mandate the use of Delphi and MS-Office in the public school curriculum.
  18. jes

    The case for Delphi verus Java in SA high schools

    Is Delphi better than Java (for high school)? The Department of Basic Education has said why it chose Delphi for the IT curriculum
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  19. jes

    Dropping Java and teaching Delphi in SA schools - but at what cost?

    Dropping Java and teaching Delphi in SA schools - but at what cost? The Department of Basic Education has revealed estimated costs to train teachers for the switch to a Delphi-only school IT curriculum.
  20. jes

    Delphi and MS-Office forced on South African schools

    Delphi and MS-Office forced on South African schools Learners in government schools will only be examined on Delphi and MS-Office in the near future, the Department of Basic Education has told schools
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    • delphi department of basic education (dbe) derek keats institute of information technology professionals (iitpsa)
    • Replies: 69
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