The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) in KwaZulu-Natal has warned that teaching and learning could come to a standstill if Eskom does not follow through with exempting public schools from rolling blackouts. The High Court in Pretoria last week ruled that schools, hospitals and police stations should[…]
Israeli army forces on Sunday demolished a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank for lack of a building permit, according to a local official, reports Anadolu Agency. Hassan Brijieh, the head of the so-called Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, said Israeli forces and bulldozers moved into the town[…]
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has raised concerns about safety in schools across the country. It says violent incidents and robberies have been frequent in schools since the beginning of the 2023 academic year. The union’s spokesperson Nomusa Cembi says KwaZulu-Natal is the most affected. “These incidents are[…]
Earlier this week Premier Alan Winde joined for a site visit to Rosendaal High School in Delft, where the Western Cape Education Department are constructing a new Junior High School campus as part of their unprecedented school infrastructure delivery programme, which aims to deliver 842 new classrooms with at least[…]
An image circulated on social media of the pupil list at an Egyptian school has prompted concerns about possible discrimination. One Egyptian MP has even tabled a parliamentary question to ask if pupils are being separated according to their religion. The image confirmed that staff at Damanhour Shoubra Official Language[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says incidents of violence, abuse and bullying in schools are a grave concern. “The fact that teachers can be attacked in class in schools and some of them stabbed or killed, is something we have never heard of,” Ramaphosa said as the country prepared to celebrate World[…]
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has expressed concern over the state of some schools that are reopening in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, following the recent flood damage in the province. At least 600 schools were damaged in the floods and so far at least 443 people are known to have died as a result[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) announced school admission process begins on Monday, 14 March and closes 15 April 2022. The WCED has urged parents not to delay their enrolments of documents that are required to support their application. These include: the last official school Report Card, ID, Birth certificate,[…]
INTERNATIONAL An investigation says many children also go without medical care as they have no birth certificates. Thousands of migrant children in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) go without schooling and healthcare, according to a story by The Washington Post. Many of the children are without birth certificates because they[…]
Teachers’ union Sadtu says it is deeply concerned about the school dropout rate amid the continuing COVID 19 pandemic. This comes amid reports recently that as many as 750 000 learners may have dropped out of school. The union says the African National Congress (ANC) led government needs to do[…]
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