Gauteng DA calls for national register of sex offenders for teachers The DA made the call after a teacher, who is a known sexual offender and was fired by the Gauteng education department in 2014, resurfaced at a private school in Kagiso as an acting principal. Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.
56 days ago
JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has called for the establishment of a national register for teachers who are known sex offenders.
It’s made the call after a teacher, who was fired by the Gauteng Education Department in 2014, resurfaced at a private school in Kagiso as an acting principal.
Basic Education says it s committed to paying general & school assistants The department said it was aware that some assistants had not yet been paid and that urgent steps had been taken to assist. Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.
47 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - The Basic Education Department said that it was committed to ensuring that payments for general and education assistants were concluded.
The department said that it was aware that some assistants had not yet been paid and that urgent steps had been taken to assist provinces to address the delays following a meeting held with chief financial officers across the country on Tuesday.
Dept confirms reopening of schools postponed by two weeks Deputy Basic Education Minister Reginah Mhaule said that the Council of Education Ministers together with Cabinet had taken a decision to postpone the reopening of schools for both private and public schools. Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.
JOHANNESBURG - The Basic Education Department has decided to delay the reopening of both public and private schools.
It announced that pupils enrolled at public schools will now return to the classroom on 15 February and not 27 January as originally planned.
Sadtu wants more psycho-social support for teachers dealing with COVID-19 With schools expected to reopen in less than a month, Sadtu said that educators were grappling with grief and trauma. Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.
85 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Teachers union Sadtu said that more psycho-social support was needed to help teachers and pupils deal with the tragedy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Basic Education Department spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, recently revealed that dozens of teachers had succumbed to the virus in the space of just a few days.