Overcrowded government schools and long waiting lists are an urgent crisis in South Africa. But there is an alternative.

The Department of Basic Education must ensure that it rolls out the new policy in a carefully scaffolded way right up to ...

Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders ...

Currently schools can teach in pupils’ mother tongues ... There is ample research from South Africa and elsewhere in the world that shows learners benefit most from being taught in their mother ...

As Gauteng municipalities struggle with financial instability, state schools accumulate significant debts, raising concerns ...

Read more: Sign language is now official in South Africa - how this will help education in Deaf schools The government is trying to change this. In May 2024 the Department of Basic Education ...

The Minister of the Department of Basic Education has responded to question on whether she would end the 30% pass mark for ...

Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back to the competing English and Dutch colonisers, from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, each group ...

In response to recent food safety incidents in KwaZulu-Natal schools, the Department of Basic Education is implementing new ...

Located in Durbanville, in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, the new campus plans to offer schools in education, IT, law, ...