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Teachers give notice to strike BY TATENDA CHITAGU/VANESSA GONYE THE education sector is set to suffer another heavy blow after teachers and State university employees gave notice yesterday to embark on a nationwide industrial action starting Monday to press for better working conditions. The day coincides with the resumption of classes for non-examination pupils after examination classes started their lessons on Monday this week. State university employees also gave a 14-day notice to the Publi...

Forget pass rate, focus on quality of passes – unions, education expert react to matric results Updated Nokukhanya N Mntambo GCIS The Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) and the Professional Educators Union (PEU) are not surprised by the 5.1% drop in the pass rate.   Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the matric pass rate on Monday.  The class of 2020 achieved 76.2% - a substantial drop from the previous year.  The class of 2020 wrote their final exams last year under ...

Angie to announce matric results on Monday afternoon 22 February 2021 - 11:56 Image: Freddy Mavunda Minister of basic education Angie Motshekga is expected to announce the 2020 matric results on Monday afternoon. Although the leakage of  mathematics and physical science (both paper 2) threatened the integrity of the exams, last week Umalusi (The quality assurance body) approved the release of 2020 results. It was the first time that the department administered a combined e...

PHOTO: GCIS The country s five major unions surveyed 4 309 principals across the nine provinces, which amounts to 19% of schools nationally. The second school readiness survey for 2021 showed an improvement in principals confidence to reopen schools. The first survey was conducted in January. Sixty-six percent of public school principals, surveyed by unions, say they are ready for schools to open come Monday. This, according to the findings of the second national school readiness survey for 20...

Teacher trade unions are heading for a showdown with the Ministry of Basic Education (MoBE) with the unions demanding that schools be temporarily clo...

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The plan to reopen schools at the end of the month has come under fire from parents and teacher unions alike who believe the country cannot afford to risk the lives of children in the face of a rampaging pandemic.

The Basic Education Department has extended the marking of Grade 12 exam papers due to a shortage of markers after more than 1 000 withdrew or declined, citing illness, fear and exposure to a Covid-19 positive person.

Unions mull over decision to challenge school reopening dates By Sne Masuku Share DURBAN - THE majority of teacher unions in KwaZulu-Natal are not convinced that challenging the reopening of schools scheduled to take place in three weeks time now would be a wise thing to do without a clear indication of how long the Covid-19 second wave would last. Schools in the province are scheduled to reopen on January 27. Independent schools have already delayed the reopening of schools from January 12 to ...