Amid calls for the subject to be scrapped, the Department of Education has defended Life Orientation as critical.

Not all South African schools will be reopening on the same day this January – find out when the first day is in your province

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gazetted a new policy mandating schools to report underage teen pregnancies to police

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has gazetted a new policy on the prevention and management of teenage pregnancy

Minister Angie Motshekga has defended controversial amendments allowing for the sell of liquor in South African schools.

More than 900 000 matric pupils sat down for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam, with the last paper having been written on Monday

SA Education has confirmed the COVID-19 pandemic has seen school learners fall a year behind. The impact will be felt for years.

The meeting comes as matric pupils have had to put up with endless bouts of load shedding, in the midst of their final exams

Basic Education has laid out new rules on WhatsApp messaging and matric exams cheating. Learners must register mobile phones.

According to the recently published amendments by the Department of Basic Education, the following school activities may resume with spectators.

A Limpopo school principal has faced one of the most extreme claims of nepotism you will find: appointing his wife, daughters and son-in-law.

But it seems that Lesufi is not entirely on board with the decision – he took to Twitter shortly after the joint statement was issued.

WC Education MEC Debbie Schäfer said matric learners will be required to sign a ‘commitment’ and pledge before writing their final exams. This comes after cheating scandals nearly led to a rewrite last year.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga outlined her department’s plans for the matric exams, which are due to start in a few weeks

The Basic Education Department says the new History curriculum is being finalised, the draft version of which will be ready by December

The Department of Basic Education has jobs available and
has extended the closing date for applications for Phase II of the Basic Education Employment Initiative.

The Department of Basic Education says the matric exams will now be written from 27 October to accommodate the municipal elections

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said the schooling system has lost five years of teaching and learning due to COVID-19.

The Grade 12 final exams start on the same day local government elections will be held, 1 November. The DA wants this to change.

Within a little more than six weeks before the matrics will write their examinations. Click here to view the Matric final exam timetable 2021.

The Department of Education has taken action against rising teenage pregnancies. A decision has been made to roll out condoms in schools.

The Department of Basic Education has its hands full. School teen pregnancies in Mzansi shows a surge since the start of the pandemic.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says sex education in the classroom is key to curbing teenage pregnancies

The Basic Education Department’s proposal to scrap the school holidays was met with much opposition from the sector

The Department of Basic Education is already under fire from stakeholders for its decision to scrap the school holidays

Pupils returned to the classroom on a fulltime basis on Monday, however some schools will continue using the rotational system

About 1 500 schools in Gauteng and Western Cape won’t return to fulltime learning as they don’t meet physical distance requirements

The Department of Basic Education says some teachers could not get vaccinated due to illness, being COVID-19 positive and hesitancy

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga says there is a community initiative to ensure the safety of learners in Phoenix on Monday.

Schools are scheduled to reopen on Monday 26 July, according to the Department of Basic Education but the question remains, are they prepared?

Equipment and food meant for the school nutrition programme were also stolen, meaning schools can no longer provide for vulnerable learners.

Calling all learners and parents…you are in for a treat! The 2022 school calendar has dropped meaning you get a sneak peek into next year.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she’s pleased with the milestone in the vaccination drive, which targeted 582 000 people

The Department of Basic Education plans to vaccinate over 580 000 employees in the sector by the time schools close on 9 July

School closures would further hinder education for learners who have already lost 20 months of learning since lockdown last year, a researcher said.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that plans are afoot to vaccinate 582 000 people within the next two weeks

Child Protection Week kicked off on 30 May and will run until 6 June under the theme ‘Let us Protect Children during COVID-19 and Beyond’.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gazetted directions which state that primary school pupils must return to daily attendance

School contact sport has been banned with immediate effect due to the rise in Covid-19 infections following play.

The Basic Education Department, however, said non-contact sports can continue and that they would monitor the situation

The Department of Education and SAPS closed down the Everest College school in Mpumalanga on Tuesday as it had not properly registered.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited Northriding Secondary School, where a teacher was accused of racism

The Basic Education Department wants answers for the drowning of a 15 year-old Eastern Cape pupil

The Basic Education Department has said that as opposed to before, matric pupils will not be limited to writing only two subjects

The Department of Basic Education is proposing that no pupil be denied entry due to a school’s language policy, among other recommendations.

The DA and FF Plus believe that the DBE is failing matric students and their schools, and say that the education system requires reform.

While the 2020 matric class achieved decent results overall, there has been a performance dip in Maths and Physical Sciences.

Matric results are days away from being released. The DBE has, in the meantime, congratulated learners that worked tirelessly to achieve success.

Department of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga called for a minute of silence to be observed to remember those who have passed.

Preventing learners from registering due to a lack of fees is illegal. The EFF and DBE have sent out stern warnings to those schools.

EE said the DBE must provide regular updates to the public on how schools are coping and how are they being supported by the government once teachers and learners have returned to classrooms.

Solidarity says the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has no say in the dates on which independent schools should open or close.

The National Alliance of Independent School Associations point out that while public sector teachers receive salaries even if schools are shut, it’s not the same with the private sector.

As per the Government Gazette 44096 published on 22 January 2021, the reopening of schools will take place in three stages.

The DBE is preparing a report for Umalusi in terms of matric exam irregularities. Thereafter, matric results will be released. Here are the dates.

Following a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the DBE has resolved to postpone the reopening of SA schools by two weeks.

The educator came to the marking centre and the next day reported that she was ill. She was then rushed to a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.

DBE Director-General (DG), Mathanzima Mweli is concerned over the lack of social distancing at one Limpopo marking centre.

The DBE said the original school reopening dates remain in place for now, however, Cabinet may soon decide otherwise.

Despite matric markers testing positive for COVID-19, the Department of Basic Education said it is pleased with the progress thus far.

The Eastern Cape government has paid tribute to Education HOD Themba Kojana and has credited him with helping improve its systems

The education fraternity has lost a number of teachers to the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting further concerns about staff capacity

Natu President Allen Thompson – who survived an assassination attempt in 2018 – has died, the teachers’ union confirmed on Monday.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga told the media that schools will reopen to welcome back student on 27 January 2021,

The Director-General of the Basic Education Department said that the matric exam leak was bigger than what they initially thought.

The Department of Basic Education said the sector is ready for the 2021 school year. All provinces have also finalised admission processes.

While the Department of Basic Education agreed that there will be no matric rewrite, it did say other aspects of the judgement must be challenged.

Judge Norman Davis found that the decision by the Department of Basic Education, to order a rewrite of two matric examination papers was unlawful

Sadtu and Afriforum maintain that the rewrite is not necessary and would cause stress for the nearly 400 000 matric pupils involved

A decision by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, to order a rewrite of Mathematics and Physical Sciences following leaks in parts of the country

Afriforum announced on Monday that they would argue against the decision to rewrite matric exams to court, and the EFF agree with them.

Umalusi has been at the receiving end of criticism for announcing a rewrite of the second Mathematics and Physical Sciences examination papers

Equal Education says Umalusi and the Department of Basic Education have not convinced school communities that a national rewrite of the leaked Maths and Physical Sciences exam papers is the only way to protect the integrity of the matric exams.

The second papers for Physical Sciences and Mathematics will be re-written after being leaked

Reports have emerged that the majority of the matric student who potentially benefitted from the leak were ‘top achievers’.

This comes after the exam question papers were leaked shortly before the matriculants sat down to write the subjects.

The two teachers provided the Department of Education with fraudulent credentials to gain employment back in 2006 before the Hawks swooped.

Themba Shikwambana, a man working for a company contracted to print Matric exam papers has been arrested for leaking the Maths paper.

The Hawks have been investigating the Matric Physical Science Paper 2 and Mathematics Paper 2 examinations which were leaked a week apart

There has been a matric exam paper leak every Monday for the last three weeks – Maths Paper 2, Physical Sciences Paper 2 and Life Sciences.

After a second matric exam was leaked on Tuesday, questions are being raised over the education department’s ability run honest assessments.

The Basic Education Department is weighing its options in the wake of a matric exam leak. Minister Angie Motshekga has condemned the latest leak but said investigations are underway

After the maths paper 2 exam was leaked before it was due to be written, the education department have yet to identify the culpable source.

Minister Angie Motshekga said they would would investigate how Mathematics Paper 2 was leaked, on the eve of the exam being written

Two adults were caught trying to write matric exams on behalf of registered candidates. One has been arrested while the other escaped.

Initial indications are that the leaked matric paper became available early on Monday morning, hours before the exam.

Education Assistants will provide support to teachers and learners, while General School Assistants will help schools to comply with COVID-19 health protocols.

Gauteng’s Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has called for the Edenglen High School pupils seen fighting in a viral video, to be suspended

A total of 1,058,699 candidates are expected to sit for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations from November 5 to December 15

Following a meeting between the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Health, learners who contract COVID-19 will still be allowed to write exams

More than a million matriculants across the country will sit down for the 2020 National Senior Certificate Examinations

Glen Snyman advocates against racial classification in the country and has also taken government to court

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has praised the country’s teachers for their dedication to pupils and managing to report to the classroom, even under the most difficult circumstances

Matric learners are set to begin their National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations on 5 November and conclude on 15 December 2020

The Freedom Front Plus party has hit back at Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi after he said Afrikaans schools were denying learners adequate access to education

Following a move to Level 1 lockdown, the Department of Basic Education has urged teachers to return to school on Monday 21 September.

The Department of Basic Education has issued out a circular stipulating new promotion requirements for Grade 10 and 11 learners in 2020.

The 33-year-old man, who cannot be named as he is yet to plead, was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old learner at the school in January 2019

Sadtu’s NEC has called on the department to delay the start of the exams from 5 November to 26 November 2020

For many of the grades, it will be the first time going back to school since the country went under lockdown back in March