Education
Classes disrupted at Northlink College as students protest
Students say they can’t pay for accommodation or food
Brief | 10 March 2022
New award for high school activists
Family and friends of the late Sakina Grimwood have launched a fund for other young activists at schools in Cape Town
Brief | 8 March 2022
Court to get education department to deliver textbooks
The department blames “unprecedented budget shortfalls” for the delay
News | 4 March 2022
Parents shut down school in Pietermaritzburg
Department of Education has not yet fixed classrooms damaged by storm
Brief | 2 March 2022
Long-awaited policy on pregnant learners promises a new dawn
The Department of Education’s Learner Pregnancy Policy is a positive step but has shortcomings
By Anjuli Maistry, Pila-sande Mkuzo and Yolisa Piliso
Opinion | 1 March 2022
“Bullied” into silence over use of corporal punishment at school, says parent
Learners of Siqongweni Secondary say they are beaten and this appears to be supported by video evidence
Brief | 28 February 2022
R14-million water installation project left villagers thirsty
OR Tambo District Municipality’s Ngqeleni water project in rural Eastern Cape riddled with failures
News | 21 February 2022
“When you return to class the smell of the poo remains in your clothes”
Pit latrines are a daily hazard in Eastern Cape schools
News | 18 February 2022
Crèches demand unpaid Covid relief funds
A year after applications for the relief funds opened, many Early Childhood Development centres are yet to be paid
News | 17 February 2022