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The Western Cape has managed to get its National Senior Certificate matric pass rate back above 80%, at 81.2% in 2021. This is an improvement from last year's results when, for the first time since 2010, the province's pass rate slipped to 79.9%.

The Western Cape Education Department is celebrating the release of the 2021 matric results which saw the province achieve the highest number of students gaining Bachelor’s passes. 

A new agreement with regard to school uniforms hopes to 'increase competition, reduce barriers to entry and ensure cheaper prices'.

While waiting in the voting line in Claremont on Monday, Minister Naledi Pandor commented on her party’s reputation of corruption and how it would affect their voting numbers.

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has been accused of using the retirement of two Golden Grove Primary School staff members implicated in financial mismanagement as an excuse not to take legal action.

It is all systems go for the sitting of this year’s cohort of matrics for their final exams – the second group to sit under Covid-19 conditions.

A total of 94 incidents were reported in 2018, 73 in 2019 and 20 in 2020.

The school principal who came to the defence of his pupils and staff during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic has been found guilty by the Western Cape Education Department on six charges at the end of his disciplinary hearing.

Chadley Davids, who wears many hats including being an assistant grade head and safety officer at Protea Heights Academy in Brackenfell, is one of the celebrated staff.

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has been castigated for allegedly rejecting the offer from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to employ Cuban maths and science specialists in the province.