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Several parents in Gauteng have rejected a section of the proposed Basic Educational Laws Amendment Bill, which proposes a process for registering pupils who are home-schooled.




The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education will only rejig its public participation process for the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill next month, when Parliament reconvenes after recess.

The Education Labour Relations Council has found that a temporary Physical Science and Mathematics teacher, who was employed in terms of a series of fixed-term contracts that were renewed annually for 10 years, had been dismissed fairly.

Parliament needed to delay public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill. Getty Images/ Witthaya Prasongsin Parliament’s

Parliament's processing of the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill hit the skids due to "some challenges" with the public hearings for the bill.



Democratic state lawmakers on Thursday filed bills that would boost teacher pay and raise the minimum wage of support staff at public schools.

Equal Education media statement: Victories in 2022 in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa  This year, Equal Education (EE) members - learners (Equalisers), post-school youths, parents and teachers have made important progress in the struggle for quality and equal education for all in South Africa. These victories range from…

At least 13 people have been raped at educational institutions in the Western Cape over three months, according to the latest quarterly crime statistics. Two children were also murdered at schools during the same period.

Changes to the SA Schools Act (Sasa) and the Employment of Educators Act should have the children’s best interests at heart

Complaints against South African teachers are on the rise with continuous misconduct accounts from sexual, verbal and physical abuse meted out against learners.