South Africa’s experience of closing and reopening its schools in the face of the pandemic holds valuable lessons for governments...
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that postponing the academic year over COVID-19 would have catastrophic consequences. The minister said that postponing the academic...
The Department of Basic Education has on Saturday released a revised version of the 2020 academic year. When an already...
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that a decision would be made soon about whether schools in the country should remain open....
The Basic Education Department said that it had revised its decision to allow almost 6 million pupils back to school...
Pandemic or not, South African parents are starting to make decisions about schools for their children in 2021 – and...
Calls are mounting for schools in the Western Cape to be closed as COVID-19 infections continue to rise. On Thursday,...
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced that after consultation with the council of education ministers they had opted to...
When schools are back – albeit staggered over the rest of the year – it is critical that school management...
Grade 7 and matric pupils have arrived at schools across the country for the first day back in the classroom...