The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is taking action after discovering loopholes in their vetting system. The action comes after the accidental employment of a paedophile as a tutor at a local school in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain. The WCED plans to take action by strengthening their vetting system that will[…]
A recent report released by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) revealed that more than 200 teachers in the Province continue to employ corporal punishment methods to discipline pupils. The report has initiated a debate about the continued struggles of teachers who are faced with disruptive pupils. While parents have[…]
Two hundred and twenty-two teaches in the Western Cape have been found guilty of corporal punishment in the last year. That is the statistic provided by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) for the 2015/16 financial year. Spokesman Paddy Attwell tells the Cape Argus the WCED found there was no[…]
While the Blikkiesdorp community awaits relocation, the community has been battling to ensure that all school learners attend and remain in school. A recent report by children’s right organisation Molo Songololo indicated that within Blikkiesdorp, at least 40 children have been left without formal education for approximately two years, as[…]
Manenberg residents fear certain schools in the area could be closed down or merged to make way for the new multi-billion rand GF Jooste Hospital. This comes just months after Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo confirmed that the provincial Department of Health had secured land for the hospital project.[…]
The call to have suspended South Peninsula principle, Brian Isaacs, reinstated was intensified earlier this week as supporters of the campaign took to the street of the CBD and marched to the Legislature to handover a memorandum. Isaacs was suspended earlier this year on charges of misconduct. Director of Communication[…]
The Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) recent suspension of South Peninsula’s High’s Principal, Brian Isaacs, has hastened both, supporters of Isaacs, as well as parents advocating his suspension, to gain clarity on the policies relating to the expulsion of learners. Director of communication for the Western Cape Education Department, Paddy[…]
The recent suspension of South Peninsula’s High’s Principal, Brian Isaacs, has become burdensome for the educational system and the Western Cape Education department (WCED), specifically with regards to the policy of the expulsion of pupils. In response to the case, many educators have requested clarity on the impact of the[…]
A campaign to have an outspoken school principal reinstated in his position is growing in momentum and a public meeting has been called for Tuesday evening to lobby for community support. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has suspended South Peninsula High School principal Brian Isaacs, after he was charged[…]
Gafieza Ismail, an English Teacher at Spine Road High School, Rocklands, Mitchell’s Plain, has won the National Teaching Award for Excellence in Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning. The Department of Basic Education presented the 16th National Teaching Awards at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on Saturday, 27 February 2016. Debbie[…]
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