Media release

Fourth and Final Term of 2018 set to be a busy and important one

Tomorrow more than a million learners in the Western Cape will return to school for the fourth and final term of the 2018 academic year. The...

Today I join my colleagues in the WCED in celebrating our teachers who make a difference every day in the life of a child. The WCED is...

The subject decisions that young people make at school have a big impact on their lives - affecting both their further education, training...

In recent weeks there have been a number of incidents in some provinces of teachers being attacked physically by learners. Some of the...

The WCED has an admission system in place called the School Admissions Management Information (SAMI), that can determine whether learners...

Today, thousands of NSC candidates across the Western Cape will begin writing the 2018 NSC trial examinations. The trial examinations are...

Earlier this month, we received reports of 2 kidnappings in the Zonneblom area and one attempted abduction in Rylands. We have now received...

This afternoon I visited Ons Plek Shelter for Girls to donate one year's worth of stationery to assist the learners' with their education...

Nine Khayelitsha schools were shut down yesterday by illegal protest action - co-ordinated by SANCO and COSAS in the main. This affected...

This morning I visited Beacon Hill Secondary School to launch a campaign to address the effects of bullying in schools. We chose Beacon Hill...