It will take political courage to make this strategic reorientation a success. We must be willing to break resistance to the reforms, accelerate support for teachers, scale early learning innovations ...

South Africa's minister of education openly admits that the country's schools are in a state of crisis. The BBC's MIlton Nkosi asks how did we get here and what needs to be done?

She revealed that while South Africa has nearly seven million children aged between three and five – 1.3 million of them are not involved in any form of early child development (ECD) programme.

"Please be wary of fake news! There are no plans to add Grade 13 to the South African schooling system. Official announcements by the Department of Basic Education are published on the DBE's ...

In South Africa, public schools are not automatically free of charge. While many are “no fee” schools, no special schools – where most children with disabilities are erroneously sent to ...

Although most schools in Africa have embraced the use of information and communication technology (ICT), only 60% use the available ICT as a main method of curriculum, with South Africa among ...

South Africa has a new law governing education. The Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act changes several aspects of how schools are managed. It was introduced to address inequalities in the ...

Families across Africa continue to shoulder an enormous burden in funding education, absorbing 27 percent of total education spending, according to World Bank 2021 data.