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Of the 4,645 graduates who received financial assistance and graduated in 2020, 3,527 were employed at public schools as of December last year.

The claim was reported to the Eastern Cape's Education MEC, Fundile Gade, by children's rights group Khula Community Development Project.

With pupils back at school full-time there is a sense of ‘euphoria’, but some institutions are battling with space

CapeTalk host Africa Melane chats to Naptosa's executive director Basil Manuel.

School classrooms are finally filled to capacity again, after two years of rotational learning enforced by Covid-19 lockdown regulations.

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Basil Manuel of Naptosa and plays audio from Andre De Bruyn of the Educators Union of SA.

The education sector has welcomed the return to full-time school attendance, saying it will significantly impact children's outcomes.

The new regulations were gazetted overnight, bringing an end to rotational learning in schools after almost two years.

For many children from poor households, it will be difficult to re-budget for the extra costs involved in full-time learning.

The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) believes the full-time return of pupils is necessary to engender a culture of school attendance.