The placement of pupils by the Department of Education has created new crises, leaving parents and pupils furious. Cases have been reported from certain schools in the Central Transvaal region that are hopelessly overcrowded, which have apparently been criticized for evading the truth many pupils have not even be placed yet. What is alarming, however,..
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Controversial Panyaza Lesufi’s online registration system plunges schools across SA into total chaos
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Another black school up in flames reducing the number of schools for black learners
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Another school was burned down by the country’s “barbarians” reducing the number of schools meant for blacks. The school, located in the Vanderbijlpark location, is an elementary school that suddenly leaves a large number of pupils without a classroom. Although the authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident, it is the work of vandals..
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Grade 9 Certificate almost official – learners will now be able to leave school sooner and of course unemployment rate will also rise
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Cyril Ramaphosa approved the proposed education policy that allows learners to leave school in grade 9. The move will allow learners to obtain a Grade 9 certificate and enter the workforce. Angie Motshekga criticized her proposal for her fierce criticism but it now becomes official ANC policy. According to Ramaphosa, the move will focus on..
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Children in SA are starving – One out of ten children had to go to bed hungry last year
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About 2.1 million children live in households where there is not enough food. Just over a third of these children live in KwaZulu-Natal and another 20% live in Gauteng. This is among the findings in a report titled “The South African Child Gauge 2019” released earlier. This comprehensive study of the circumstances in which South..
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Rumours that the minimum pass requirement for maths has been “reduced to 20%” is fake says Department of Education- Or is it?
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The government are trying to kill rumours and denies that the minimum pass requirements for math for gr. 7 to gr. 9 are reduced to 20%. However, education unions believe this is not the biggest concern facing this sector at present. Chris Klopper, chief executive of the South African Teachers Union said on Monday that..
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Sex education taken too far in SA as 120,000 teenage pregnancies recorded in 2019 – Comprehensive sex education not decreasing pregnancies but increasing abortion profits, as planned!
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The DA has said the more than 120 000 teenage pregnancies between age 10 and 19 as at June 2019 should raise alarm bells in the country.
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Angered pupils ‘burn down Durban school’ after getting ‘bad marks’
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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has condemned the burning down of Zwelinjani Secondary School in Durban, after pupils allegedly became enraged over poor marks they had received.
“There are claims that the fire started after chaos erupted when school reports were issued to learners who felt that the results they had obtained were not what they deserved. The learners allegedly accused teachers of giving them bad marks,” department spokesperson Kwazi Mthethwa said on Thursday after the incident.
He said emergency services had been called out to Zwelinjani Secondary School in Zwelibomvu, in the Pinetown District, earlier in the day.
“Emergency teams have responded to fire incidents at the school. Buildings that were destroyed by fire include the office of the school principal, the school kitchen and staff room.”
Mthethwa said district officials had reported that that “no one was injured in the fire, but property was destroyed badly”.
“We appeal to
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Gauteng is in chaos following controversial Lesufi’s plans to place white children in black neighborhoods
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The controversial Minister of Education in Gauteng that plans to place whites in black residential schools is a complete failure and with only four days left, many children will not know where to go on the first school day of 2020. Although Panyaza Lesufi vehemently denies that this is his intention, educators point out that..
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Panyaza Lesufi could be replaced as Gauteng education MEC if AfriForum gets its way
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AfriForum’s campaign demanding the removal of Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi from office began on Wednesday with an online petition calling for his removal. The minority-rights organisation said it would also hand over a memorandum to Gauteng premier David Makhura at his offices in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday, in which it will ask that..
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Limpopo school that failed to reach a 50% matric pass rate has allegedly fabricated marks even though the pupils have not written for exams
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Whistle-blower says school fabricated the English examination marks of grades 8, 9 and 11. He says pupils did not even sit for the exams A Limpopo school that has failed to reach a 50% matric pass for the past three years allegedly fabricated English marks for grades 8, 9 and 11 in March. The allegation..
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Sex education taken too far? Randfontein High School has 34 black pupils who are pregnant – No doubt they will soon be standing in the queue for Child Grant as well
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A High School in Randfontein has more or less 34 pregnant pupils at school right now at this moment who is still sitting at their school desk, trying to pass their grade this year. According to informed sources, one in 18 female pupils in the school is pregnant, and all possible measures taken, are useless…
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Matric exam disrupted by load shedding – will power failures now be blamed for poor performance among learners?
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The load shed unannounced by the bankrupt power supply led to the disruption in exam rooms where matrics had to stop their exams at dusk. Nearly 35 schools were disrupted at the same time on Wednesday’s during loadshedding and parents, teachers and pupils were outraged at the unannounced load at the most impossible time when..
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No wonder Lesufi wants to place pupils in Afrikaans schools – Gauteng Education accused of failing pupils by allowing ‘shocking’ school conditions
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday said the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) was failing pupils by allowing poor conditions to persist in schools. The DA’s shadow MEC for infrastructure development and property management in the province, Alan Fuchs, made the statement following an oversight visit to the Apex Primary School in Lenasia. Fuchs visited..
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R7 million school in Eastern Cape build in a area obviously not suitable for any construction, now in ruins – this is just one more example of the incompetence of the ANC educational department
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It is 11am on a cold Friday at Mcheni Primary School and there is not a single pupil or teacher at school. The dilapidated mud school on the outskirts of the small town of Tsolo in Tyweka village, KuJence (can’t find on map), becomes a ghost when the weather is bad, like this particular Friday…
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Verwoerd Smiling at Education Department Antics – Failing pupils in foundation phase must be put through to next grade so that their human dignity is not compromised
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The opinion of an ANC education minister could harm the future of thousands of pupils in such a way that they will struggle for life in the work environment. It is suggested that pupils who fail grade one, two and three should be transferred to the next grade so that their human dignity is not..
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