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Bishops teacher Fiona Viotti under medical care amid sex scandal
The former boys’ school teacher has needed counselling.
The teacher, Fiona Viotti, at the centre of a sex scandal at expensive Cape Town private school Bishops is receiving medical care as the investigation into the allegations that she had a sexual relationship with a pupil continues.
Teachers’ union levels threat over Gauteng’s killer asbestos schools
Sadtu is threatening to sue the province’s education department over about 250 school buildings that still contain the deadly material.
Gauteng matric exams proceed amid load shedding, bomb scare
The department said 1,219 matric candidates were scheduled to write Information Technology Paper 1 on Thursday.
Call centre agent turned teacher calls ex-boss to get needy Cape Town school’s computer lab up and running
Thabo Mayosi is the driving force behind the initiative, which has seen 20 computers being handed to the school by National Debt Advisors.
Springs special needs care centre provides a learning space for the disabled
The centre is situated in Extension three, KwaThema, and is appealing for donations and volunteers to make the children feel included and loved.
DA MP resigns from Stellies Institutional Forum after ConCourt battle over language policy
He attributes his resignation to his inability to be part of an immoral process where thousands of students will be robbed of the same opportunities he had.
Prisoners gearing up for matric exams
The department says it is confident that the 183 inmates will surpass the 77.3% pass rate achieved in last year’s examinations.
Grade 9 certificate means exiting a phase, not school system – Motshekga
‘And people should not put anything into our mouths… I never said kids must exit the system,’ she says.
Gauteng Education MEC Lesufi in drive to empower pupils
Lesufi said transformed technical high schools would prepare pupils to be able to respond to the demands in a technologically evolving world.
Bishops teacher: Several boys have been ‘affected over a number of years’
The 30-year-old teacher, Fiona Viotti, has in the meantime appointed top criminal lawyer William Booth to represent her and her family.
Sadtu calls for discipline during the 2019 matric exams
Meanwhile, the union in Gauteng claims the situation at Eldorado Park Secondary School has become unbearable for teachers.
Tebogo Kgobokoe accused of operating illegal school amid sex abuse claims
By Friday, 11 October, Lesufi said officials from his department were already on their way to the school to enact the closure.
Former Boks coach’s niece resigns over alleged sexual affair with Bishops boy – report
According to reports, the 18-year-old pupil had tried to break off the relationship but his 30-year-old teacher reportedly sent threatening WhatsApp messages to him as a result.
Lesufi defends ‘fail’ website
GDE official Vusi Khoza explained that it took the department six years to gather content for the pupils to use and not to develop the website.
Mental preparation is key to acing final matric exams
Learners need to keep calm, get enough sleep and stay focused, and must also remember not to compare themselves to other students.
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