About half of the country’s grade R teachers are unqualified or underqualified — some without even a matric — mainly because the department of basic education has allowed them to be employed and ...

“You can’t give a student a zero for cheating. You have to separate behavior from academics.” That’s what my principal said. Still early in my career, I looked at him as though he’d lost his mind.

When your Grade R child comes home from school, they can’t stop talking about the friends they made, games they played and the new things they learned that day. Some experts say this preschool class ...

The Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has announced plans to formally integrate Grade R educators into the basic ...

BASIC Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said Grade R practitioners will be formally integrated into the basic education ...

With an allocation of R1.9 billion to early childhood development (ECD) from its budget of R59.7 billion, the Gauteng department of education said on Monday it had offered ECD to more than 164,000 ...

South Africa’s education system, and the departments involved, have long been criticised for their seeming preoccupation with matric results. Critics point to the failure in results — and wider ...

Cape Town - Parents who wish to apply for Grade R or a school transfer for the 2025 school year can do so from today, August 1. The on-time application window closes on August 16, 2024. For admission ...