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Failing to ensure SA’s children can read — and understand what they’re reading — is condemning them to a life without a future.

After three years of implementation Project SCOPE’s efforts to enhance the lives of more than 19,000 persons with disabilities in Parañaque, Taguig, and

23 October 2023 Equal Education statement: Gauteng Department of Education signals its commitment to alleviate overcrowding in schools “We LCs [Leadership Committee Members] and Equalisers would like to thank Equal Education for standing up and fulfilling our wishes of having enough tables and chairs. The teachers and Equalisers are happy about the tables and chairs.…

Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority

In an open letter released on Tuesday, 17 October, more than 100 South African economists, researchers and civil society representatives called on President Cyril Ramaphosa and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to halt severe budget cuts for government entities and departments.

The data is there, the case for the alleviation of hunger has been made, the proposals from activists and civil society are there. All that remains is for those who preside over the levers of power to stop turning a blind eye and act within the best interests of the country.

Since 1996, the number of people in South Africa in the 5-24 age group not attending school increased from 5.09m to about 5.4m (26.6%), Census 2022 reveals.

On the 12th of October, the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted another instalment of their Critical Dialogue Series, focusing on the 2024 elections and what role civil soci

Is it purely coincidence that cities in the provinces with the poorest school attendance are in the continent's top five for crime in 2023?

XyzTeachers arriving late for classes and leaving early. Teachers were also frequently absent from school without explaining their absence. In these cases alternative arrangements have not been made to ensure that teaching continued.