education

  1. LazyLion

    SADTU Protest March

    Striking SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) members were gathering in an open space in Marabastad, on the outskirts of the Pretoria CBD, on Wednesday morning. More than 20 buses pulled into the old Putco bus depot, where they dropped off striking teachers from various provinces. Police...
  3. LazyLion

    Pupils told to stay away from School

    Cosatu and teachers' unions have asked high school pupils to take a day off to join a protest march against education inequality, it was reported on Tuesday. "We feel everyone must make a sacrifice of one day to highlight the inadequacy of their schools," Western Cape Congress of SA Trade...
  4. LazyLion

    Education Department in Breach of Court: Section27

    The basic education department is in breach of a court order regarding textbook delivery, civil rights group Section27 said on Thursday. In April the group visited 19 schools in Limpopo. Of these, nine reported significant shortages of CAPS textbooks for Grade one to six and 10 to 11, it said...
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    Teachers Picket in Durban

    Hundreds of SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) members picketed outside the education department's Durban office on Wednesday. They called for Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and her director general Bobby Soobrayan to resign. They carried placards reading: "Angie has failed to...
  6. LazyLion

    Violence in Schools Worrying: CJCP

    One in five secondary school pupils has experienced some form violence while at school, the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) said on Wednesday. "This translates to just over a million learners across the country," CJCP research director Lezanne Leoschut said in Johannesburg...
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    Rasta Pupil Returns to School

    A Western Cape Rastafarian pupil who was ordered to stay away from school until he cut his dreadlocks has been allowed to return, Equal Education (EE) said on Thursday. The non-governmental organisation met the principal of Siphamandla High School in Khayelitsha, the school's governing body...
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    Creecy Announces School Registration Period

    Parents of school-going children in Gauteng will have to finalise admissions earlier than usual. On Monday, the province's education MEC Barbara Creecy announced that admissions for the 2014 academic year would start on Tuesday. Parents were encouraged to go to their nearest school to...
  9. LazyLion

    Motshekga Mum on Looming Teacher "go-slow"

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has opted to remain silent on a looming go-slow by teachers. "The minister will not comment on the matter," her spokeswoman Hope Mokgatlhe said in an sms on Monday. The SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) said on Monday its members would embark on...
  10. LazyLion

    Pupils Want Books, Classrooms: Poll

    Textbook shortages and crammed classrooms are the biggest problems facing schools, a study revealed on Friday. Pupils polled by consumer insights company Pondering Panda said the top three problems were a lack of textbooks, overcrowded classes, and incompetent teachers. The study was...
  11. LazyLion

    First Term Over, Some Schools Still Without Textbooks

    The first school term is over and some schools have not yet received textbooks, according to a report on Wednesday. Limpopo and the Eastern Cape were the most affected, The Star reported. SA Democratic Teachers Association (Sadtu) spokeswoman Nomusa Cembi said the union had been receiving...
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    Independent Schools to be Probed

    The names of 14 independent schools have been handed to police as part of a probe into possible abuse of government subsidies, an official said on Tuesday. "In total, there are 14 schools that have been referred to the SAPS as a result of the Fivaz forensic audit that started in 2011,"...
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    Pakistan Girls' School Teacher Shot Dead

    A Pakistani girls' school teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in the country's volatile tribal belt on the Afghan border, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Islamist militants are particularly opposed to girls' education in the...
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    Kimberley Uni to Open in 2014

    The first university in the Northern Cape should open its doors in 2014, the higher education department said this week. The legal process for getting the university off the ground was advanced after a record of intention was signed by various officials in Kimberley on Tuesday. "This will...
  15. LazyLion

    Pagans Lay Complaint Against Creecy

    The SA Pagan Rights Alliance (Sapra) is laying a hate speech complaint against Gauteng education MEC Barbara Creecy, according to a report on Thursday. The Citizen newspaper reported that pagans all over South Africa had voiced their disapproval of a statement Creecy made on Monday. "The...
  16. LazyLion

    Western Cape Schools Interdict Explained

    The reasons for granting an urgent interdict stopping the closure of 17 schools were handed down by the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Judge Elizabeth Baartman briefly entered court room two to explain that the interdict was granted in December and that the court was now providing...
  17. LazyLion

    Many Pupils 'Waiting for Textbooks': Survey

    About 54 percent of South African pupils claim they do not have all the textbooks they need for school, a survey revealed on Monday. Forty percent said they had all their textbooks and five percent said they had no textbooks, consumer insights company Pondering Panda said. "The experience...
  18. LazyLion

    Faith Issue in School Tackled

    A team of faith-based organisations is to develop an "anti-harmful" religious strategy in schools, Gauteng education MEC Barbara Creecy said on Monday. "The practitioners from faith-based organisations are developing an anti-harmful religious practice strategy to guide and protect learners...
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    Protest Disrupts KZN Lectures

    Lectures at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Howard College campus were disrupted on Monday by students protesting over accommodation. "Protesting students on the Howard College Campus have disrupted classes," university spokeswoman Nomonde Mbadi said. "We have received reports that some...
  20. LazyLion

    Two Arrested over Bogus College

    A man and a woman were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running a bogus Further Education and Training College in Tzaneen, Limpopo police said. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said the 31-year-old man and the 34-year-old woman, both from Zimbabwe, were arrested after students asked the...
  21. LazyLion

    KZN School Worker Sacked

    A KwaZulu-Natal school employee has been fired, nearly five years after being convicted of sexually assaulting a primary school pupil. This happened after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela intervened, her spokeswoman Kgalalelo Masibi said on Tuesday. Mongameli Gcwabaza was charged in 2008...
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