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School to probe pupil's suicide
The governing body of Scottsville Primary School in Pietermaritzburg has appointed an advocate to investigate allegations that a teacher had ill-treated a 13-year-old child who subsequently committed suicide.
Pupils arrested after bullying exposed
Police have arrested two pupils at a top Durban high school for bullying a fellow pupil, during which they allegedly assaulted him and slammed his head against a wall.
Principal fired for bungling school funds
A principal of an upmarket Hoerskool Waterkloof, has been dismissed and relieved of his duties after allegations of misappropriation of R5-million in school funds.
Former president Nelson Mandela met the 28 postgraduate students to wish them luck for their future studies.
Nine people were arrested for allegedly writing exams for other people in Empangeni, says the Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal.
UJ launches innovative initiative for principals
The Development Bank of South Africa has donated half a million rand (R500 000) 'technical assistance grant" to the University of Johannesburg (UJ) to design an innovative educational leadership initiative. To be called the Principal Network...
UJ launches innovative principals' initiative
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The management of the besieged Durban University of Technology, which experienced violent protest on its campus this week has decided to suspend all academic activities. Acting Vice Chancellor, Nqabomzi Gawe said "after the meeting with Ministerial ...
Cosas suspends protest action over drag-race victims
Congress of South African Students (Cosas) bowed to community pressure and called off its indefinite protest action, which saw learning at several schools in some parts of Soweto ground to a halt for almost two weeks. This followed the court appearan...
Gauteng department of education woos retired teachers
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is inviting retired teachers and principals to a seminar this week in Midrand to see how it could use them to help in classrooms or in the general running of schools. Barbara Creecy, the province's MEC for ed...
Gauteng delegation visits families of drag-race victims
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A Gauteng delegation visits families of drag-race victims
A high-powered delegation led by Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane, today visited the families of four learners killed yesterday afternoon in an illegal drag race on Protea North Boulevard in Soweto. Gauteng education MEC Barbara Creecy and roads ...
GDE vows to root out initiation ceremony
In its attempt to root out initiation ceremonies at schools, the Gauteng education department (GED) has issued letters to two teachers asking them to explain their role in initiation ceremonies at Parktown High School last year. Charles Phahlane, G...
Mpumalanga Premier promises to stop matric exam leaks
The premier of Mpumalanga province, David Mabuza, has announced a range of interventions to stop the rot within the provincial education department's examinations unit. Delivering his state of the province speech this month in Nelspruit, Mabuza said...
Teacher Unions Welcome Education Budget Allocation
Teacher unions reacted positively to finance minister, Pravin Gordhan 's budget speech where he allocated R165-billion to education. The breakdown of the budget indicates that Basic Education will get the biggest piece of the pie with R127-billion; w...
Failed matriculants thrown a lifeline
More than 97 000 learners, who failed their matric last year started with their supplementary examinations yesterday at various centres across the country, said the department of basic education (DoBE). There are three categories of learners sittin...
Teacher Unions reject Democratic Alliance's Call
Teacher unions have scoffed at the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s call to declare teaching an essential service until a national matric pass rate of 80% is achieved. If DA has its way it means teachers would be barred from embarking on any strike action,...
Book Publisher calls for the abolition of VAT on textbooks
Van Schaik, a prominent academic book publisher, has launched a campaign to pressure government to consider dropping Value Added Tax (VAT) on school textbooks. Called 'Abolish VAT on books', the campaign is using social networking site Facebook, as...
Gauteng Department of Educations shuts down bogus schools
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDoE) this week acted quickly to shut down a school that has been operating illegally. According to a GDoE press statment, schools which operate under the names Vine Foundation Phase and Senior Primary School fro...
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