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 ...

The Department of Basic Education is set to review the progression and promotion policies in South African schools, aiming to ...

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 ...

Mpumalanga Education MEC Landulile Cathrine Dlamini was removed from her position following the controversial R2-million procurement of 22 laptops and a printer. Internal investigation reveals ...

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.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said he would sign into law a disputed education bill, prompting the first sign of real friction in his unity government when the second-biggest ...