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Only 3 in 10 poor children are developmentally on track, says minister

Should the education budget prioritise learning over infrastructure?

Budget 2025: Salary-heavy education allocation and its impact on learners — experts react

Budget 2025: Will education get enough funds to support key policies?

Basic Education Department needs R129 billion to fix infrastructure at schools

Basic education passes ‘significant milestone’ in eliminating pit toilets in schools

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Eastern Cape teacher fails to get job back after being fired for fabricating marks of 200 matric pupils

2025 school calendar: End of first term, Easter break and ‘special holiday week’ in April, May

80% of Grade 3 pupils cannot read for meaning in any language: Ramaphosa notes SA education’s grim reality

Over 500 school bullying cases reported so far in 2025

A desk for every student: Education department dismally failing on table promise

UIFW expenditure: National departments bungled R7.9bn of taxpayers’ money in one year

7 426 teenagers attempted suicide in 9 months: DBE launches prevention campaign

Nearly a month after schools opened, more than 28 000 children still haven’t been placed

Pit toilets still in 20 schools as Limpopo misses deadline

Matric

Matric exam re-mark: Wednesday marks NSC application deadline

‘They take us for fools’ – Parents camp outside ‘incompetent’ education department

No progress in addressing school dropouts, says report

Money is there but ‘political will is lacking’: Not enough schools being built in South Africa

Need a matric exam re-mark? Here are the NSC and IEB deadlines

Is the ANC fixing what isn’t broken with Bela?

Hawks make major breakthrough in matric results ‘breach’ – One detained

Parents hope for bright futures as schools open

Limpopo schools bouncing back with major repairs

Education reform is key to South Africa’s progress

Western Cape to hire 477 teachers despite 2 400 job cuts

How many of this year’s grade 1s will pass matric? Here’s what needs to be addressed

Back to school: Here’s a practical guide to not breaking the bank

Matric

Covid pupils triumph with record matric results

Matric

‘Better foundation, better outcomes’: Focus on foundations for education progress

Matric

Matric pass mark: ‘30% became a nice song’ and ‘timing not that great’ for 50% – experts

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