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Some progress, but billions still needed to replace all mud schools

Since 2019 the Eastern Cape provincial government has invested about R6 billion in building 104 state-of-the-art schools to replace mud structures, mostly in the former Transkei.

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Boy who drowned in pit toilet to be buried on Friday

Unecebo Mboteni, the three-year-old boy who drowned in a pit toilet in Mdantsane at Little Champions private creche on Thursday last week, will be laid to rest on Friday. Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade said he had learnt with deep sadness of the death of Unecebo. “The loss of a life, especially at such a young age, is indeed one of the most devastating incidents, not only to the family and the centre management but the entire provincial community.

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Education officials aim to step up security at Eastern Cape schools

Education officials are troubled by the wanton acts of violence and crime perpetrated on school grounds in Nelson Mandela Bay and elsewhere in the province.

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Warm response to disabled teen's plea for financial help to study

The power of social media moved many strangers to donate from as little as R10 towards making a 19-year-old disabled girl’s dream to study at the University of Fort Hare come true. Khanyisa Kufa, from Dutywa, has cerebral palsy, which has affected the use of her hands. She uses her foot to write.

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BREAKING | Eastern Cape education head dies after short illness

Eastern Cape head of education department Dr Soyisile Nuku has died. Nuku died after a short illness, several sources within the department confirmed to the Dispatch on Wednesday evening. The Dispatch understands that Nuku's death was confirmed by MEC Fundile Gade to the department's top management on Wednesday afternoon.

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Community pushes for dilapidated iQonce school to be rebuilt

Concerned community members in Qonce plan to petition education MEC Fundile Gade in a bid to compel him to rebuild the dilapidated iQonce High School. The online petition platform, change.org, was started by Ginsberg resident and community activist Nhlanhla Mosele in September. About 2,808 signatures have been gathered.

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Education could become a tender battlefield, MEC warns

Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade has warned that decentralising procurement of stationery and nutrition for schools could cause more harm than good, urging his department’s officials to guard against rogue elements.

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Grade 12 pupils pledge not to cheat in exams

As the matric exams draw nearer, provincial education department MEC Fundile Gade, departmental stakeholders, teachers' unions and pupils committed themselves to incident-free final examinations on Friday at Laërskool Grens.

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Budding scientists create magic in new lab at Stephen Nkomo Primary

Science boffins were in their element this week when Stephen Nkomo Primary School received a brand new science laboratory donated by the University of Western Cape (UWC), in partnership with the Eastern Cape department of education.

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Toxic threat at Nelson Mandela Bay schools

A toxic asbestos roofing threat is hanging over 207 Nelson Mandela Bay schools, posing a risk to staff and pupils alike with the deadly fibres linked to life-threatening forms of cancer.

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