Nsfas students endure delayed payments and high bank fees
While students are preparing for year-end exams, Nsfas beneficiaries say their problems have not been addressed.
Education
The disintegrating classrooms of King William’s Town school
Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.
Hungry Western Cape students march against Nsfas while CEO is put on leave
An investigative report, compiled by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), found that of the 20 mandatory requirements for financial service providers, the four appointed by Nsfas to disburse funds only met five.
Thousands of learners left behind by taxi strike
The Western Cape education department says that at the height of the strike, 852,259 learners stayed home from school in the province.
Family forgives scholar transport driver in tragic accident
The horrific accident that claimed the lives of five children has put a spotlight on the issue of learner transport in the country.
South African education among world’s worst
Education minister belabours the impact of Covid-19 on learning and teaching amid dismal literacy scores.
CPUT shuts down after protest
Some students were still digging in their heels and refusing to vacate the university residences by 16h00 on Friday, arguing that an eviction order would be required to make them go.
Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape
According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.
Learners with spiritual calling ejected from schools
A calling to hear ancestral voices has got some learners suspended from school.
Late learners battle to get placed in school
The department says it is doing its best to place learners who applied late.
Wits students protest against financial exclusion
The students dismissed reports of intimidation, looting and damage to property linked to the protest as only meant to silence and discredit their struggle for education.
Taxi association lifts blockade but learners still absent from schools
Absenteeism continues in schools in Khayelitsha because of the climate of fear and uncertainty caused by the taxi associations, says the Western Cape education department.
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