Western Cape parents have until 17 June to confirm their child's school choice for Grade R, 1, or 8 in 2026. Missing this deadline could mean losing a place at their preferred school, as the system ...

At Christel House South Africa education is not just about passing exams, it's about disrupting poverty by providing holistic care, trauma-informed teaching and support to some of Cape Town's most ...

The Western Cape education department ... in 2024 to 1:36.7 in 2025. South Africa is already grappling with a 31 000 teacher shortage, the national department of education told parliament last ...

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED ... If the learner has foreign parents but was born in South Africa: a handwritten birth certificate (DHA 19 form); or If the learner was not born ...

The 2025 school year started on Wednesday morning and in the Western Cape 107 000 Grade 1s went to school for the first time and 100 000 learners entered Grade 8. Minister of Education in the ...

CAPE TOWN - The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA) said its lamenting the 2,407 teachers who have lost their jobs in the Western Cape. The Western Cape ...

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has defended its decision not to extend scholar transport to learners travelling less than 5km to school. Their defence follows criticism from the Good ...

Clarence Ford speaks to Bronagh Hammond (Western Cape Education Department) and Faez Tassiem (National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa). Listen below. ALSO READ: Cape Town to ...

A new education ... through apartheid South Africa, when the language was more widely used in business and schools. It is more commonly spoken in the Northern and Western Cape provinces.

The Western Cape Education Sector Analysis, jointly prepared by the World Bank and South Africa’s Western Cape Education Department (WCED), offers key insights and recommendations for improving the ...

Last week, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED ... He said research is already showing that South Africa is not producing enough educators for its growing population.

South Africa’s public education system has 410 000 teachers employed in about 25 000 schools in the country, according to the Western Cape department. In April last year, unions representing the ...