The Department of Basic Education has provided three special school holidays around the public holiday, giving a week off. Students will be given an additional week of holiday later this month, two weeks after returning to their learning. According to the Education Department, three additional school holidays were added to the 1994 Public Holiday Act. … Read more
Chiloni insisted that the students involved in the gang -related activities would have to face formal disciplinary action. Matome Chiloane has called for immediate community intervention for education in Gauteng after recent gang violence in schools at Orange Farms. Last Friday, on April 11, there was a stabbing incident at Thitha Secondary School, allegedly a … Read more
The teachers of Nigel High School are forced to live without basic facilities at a run-down boarding school, paying rent to the institution. Half a dozen school students are living without electricity, water and sanitation at an abandoned boarding school facility at Nigel High School in Far East Rand. They have been paying rent to … Read more
Rainfall is expected throughout the week and the KZN Education Department has issued guidelines to deal with potential floods. Quazulu-Natal (KZN) Education Department has taken measures to guide schools in the event of floods. Rainfall is expected in the days after the Easter weekend, and as a precaution, the department has issued flood instructions to … Read more
NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine is the 11th Medical School in South Africa. The North-West University has announced that its installed medical school will be named after the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The official naming ceremony took place on Tuesday in the capital at Park Hotel in Sandon. Name unveiled Dr. Anna Mokokocong, Chancellor … Read more
The fifth phase of the program will start from 1 June 2025 and end in November. This will be a 6 -month program. As due to the SA’s young unemployment crisis, the Department of Basic Education has received more than 1.1 million applications for 44 000 education assistant jobs. Applications for the fifth phase of … Read more
Although the department was approved, the National Prosecution Authority is yet to take a decision on the matter. According to the Mapumlanga Education Department, the female acting principal of assaulting a fellow female teacher has been inspired by any wrongdoing. The acting principal of Lifalethu Primary School in Embalenhle was arrested in November when he … Read more
Additional school holidays are on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, Wednesday, 30 April and Friday, May 2. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has announced a period as a special school holiday on 29-30 April 2025 and 2 May. This means that students get an additional week of brakes. Special school holidays are on Tuesday, April … Read more
The minister also said that around 800 students in “specific institutes” continue to face challenges with their fund transfer. Higher Education Minister, Dr. Nobuhle Pamela Majkain on Sunday issued a statement addressing important issues impressing the students who rely on the National Student Financial Assistance Scheme (NSFAS). The NKABANE address was mainly focused on delayed … Read more
What matriculation pupil must be writing here – and when… Matric pupils left with less than two weeks until they sit to write their May-June National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, what they are writing here. The matriculation June exam will start from May 12 and will end on 25 June for NSC students. For the … Read more