Woza Matrics has officially launched today. The Department of Basic education launched this programme to help matric learners catch up with school work. Classes will be broadcast on TV channels, online platforms and radio.
The Department of Basic Education has faced many challenges over the past year. Minister Angie Motshekga recently shared how her department has managed to bounce back.
The Basic Education Portfolio Committee has expressed concern regarding the state of readiness for the reopening of schools in the Eastern Cape, as the province experiences shortages of teachers and delays in textbook deliveries.
The Department of Basic Education in Mpumalanga issued 14 learners connected to the matric paper leaks with hearing letters, requiring them to be interviewed. However Cosas has intervened cancelling these interviews.
Schools in the Eastern Cape have been facing challenges with basic infrastructure for many years leaving learners to be taught in unsafe environments and affecting their quality of education.
The government is being put under pressure to prioritise teachers for the vaccine rollout as more than 1 600 teachers have died since March 2020 due to the coronavirus in South Africa.
Despite the deaths of many teachers, the WCED says that it has done everything it can to prepare for the reopening of schools amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa.
Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi claims the Independent Examinations Board 'wants the poor to subsidise the rich' after the board approached the courts claiming it could not afford the services that Umalusi charged it for.
The Department of Basic Education is concerned about the number of teachers who have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic and how this will affect the exam marking and the next academic year.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that a limpopo matric's right to write one of his final exams has been violated by the acting school principal, after he was refused entry into an examination venue.
As Covid-19 cases have increased in South Africa, there is a concern for the large number of teachers who have been infected and have lost their lives due to the coronavirus.
The 2021 academic year is set to begin on 25 January for teachers and 27 January for the learners with a 3-year recovery plan which will make up for lost time due to the current pandemic.
The national Matric rewrites were set to happen today and Thursday but since that was decision was set aside, the Department has now reacted to it. Although the court has ruled that a rewrite won't take place, the Department still believes that it would have been the logical action to take.
Education activist group Equal Education are pleased that the performance contract of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has been made public as they say that the performance agreements will hold Motshekga to account.
The High Court in Pretoria determined that the Department of Basic Education's decision to rewrite the two leaked exam papers was unlawful and irregular, Afriforum says it would be foolish for the DBE to appeal this decision.
Unions have now gotten what they wanted. A ruling has come down that the national matric rewrite of Maths and Physical Sciences Paper 2 will be set aside leading to unions feeling vindicated by the judgement. The Department now has to deliberate on a strategy to restore the integrity of the matric certificate.
The provincial Education Ministers have accepted the decision of the High Court that the two matric exam papers will not be rewritten. However they are still concerned about the credibility of the matric exams and want further guidance from the courts.
The Department of Basic Education is still convinced that it is much better for Matrics to rewrite the two contested papers now rather than waiting to see what happens. They have said that if the rewrites don't happen now, during the current exam session, the consequences could be far worse for Matrics next year if the exams results cannot be approved and released.
The Department of Basic Education's decision to rewrite and the fact that it is now being challenged in court could affect University admissions. The Department of Basic Education has said that if these rewrites don't take place, the exams would then have been compromised.
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The teacher vaccination rollout has been completed with Gauteng boasting a 92% vaccination rate for it's school sector. The department aimed to initially vaccinate over 580 000 nationally.
The Department of Basic Education has now said when schools will re-open as well as what type of timetable schools will be following. With level 4 lockdown put in action, all schools had to close early.
