No-fee Hout Bay school achieves 100% pass rate in senior certificate
All the matriculants from Silikamva High School overcame the obstacles of living in an informal settlement to pass.
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Hundreds protest over planned teacher cuts in the Western Cape
Classes in poor schools are expected to grow even bigger as the education department plans to cut teacher posts.
Cosatu marches for decent work
Workers in twelve major centres around the country marched for decent and improved working conditions.
Teachers in KZN turn to Zikalala for help
Sadtu says there is a shortage of more than 2,000 teachers in KwaZulu-Natal.
Education department happy with vaccine rollout – even in Eastern Cape
The department of basic education in the Eastern Cape and nationally claims that Covid vaccination programme in the sector is going well.
Shortage of teachers plagues EC schools
While some schools in the Eastern Cape may have sufficient teachers, they may not have a library or laboratory – like Gcinubuzwe Combined School in Jansenville.
Eastern Cape schools not ready to start the year
Reports by Sadtu regions in the EC add to concerns raised by members of parliament over the state of readiness of schools to re-open in the province.
Fear as Covid-19 plagues learning and teaching
The chilling deaths of three teachers from different schools in Khayelitsha due to the coronavirus and the general unsanitised schooling environment reported by the Khayelitsha […]
SADTU accepts classroom assistants idea
Two education stakeholders say they are not opposed to the introduction of classroom assistants that would facilitate lesson plans for teachers that need to be working from home due to covid-19 vulnerability.
Community leaders demand whole village get tested for Covid-19
A covid-19 cluster outbreak in a school in Mount Frere causes panic in the Eastern Cape and teachers union calls for schools to be shut down in the province.
Split opinions on Grade 9 General Education Certificate
SADTU says it is still doing its own research on the proposed GET certificate.
Unions to fight against classification of education and public transport sectors as essential services
SADTU and SATAWU have vowed to make submissions against the essentialisation of education and public transport sector
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