News and Speeches for Western Cape Education Department
Speech delivered by WC MEC Debbie Schäfer at the Debate on the Premier’s SOPA
19 February 2019On Friday, the Premier showed us how, when the voting public is prepared to “swim upstream”, and vote differently to the rest of the country, they reap substantial rewards. Read More
Minister Schäfer announces the opening of enrolments for 2020
14 February 2019Tomorrow, the 2020 school enrolment process opens in all public schools across the Western Cape. School admissions open on the 15th of February 2019 and close on the 15th of March 2019. Read More
Media alert: Early enrolment campaign
13 February 2019With school enrolments opening on Friday 15th February 2019, tomorrow (Thursday) Western Cape MEC for Education Debbie Schäfer will be at the Golden Acre Mall engaging with parents to outline the importance of early enrolment as well as to urge... Read More
Mr Arendse should get his facts straight
8 February 2019Mr Arendse should get his facts right before approaching media with his uninformed and wild accusations. The accusations he makes are extremely serious and have no substance whatsoever. The facts as reported to me are as follows: Read More
Sans Souci Girls High School – corporal punishment is unacceptable
6 February 2019I am aware of a video that is circulating on social media of an incident between a learner and an educator at Sans Souci Girls High School during class time. Read More
Western Cape schools bursting at the seams
1 February 2019The WCED has received and collated enrolment figures for the 2019 school year. As it stands, the schooling system in this Province has increased by 18 285 learners compared to last year, 16 285 of which are from outside the Province. Read More
Community Protest Action in Mfuleni preventing access to schools
1 February 2019The WCED has for some time been negotiating with the Mfuleni Education Forum and the Mfuleni Development Forum with regards to new schools to accommodate the learners who still require placement. Read More
WC MECs of Education and Health visit School Wellness mobile at Yomelela Primary
29 January 2019Today, Western Cape Minister of Health, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo and Western Cape Minister of Education, Ms Debbie Schafer visited the Wellness mobile for school health at Yomelela Primary School in Khayelitsha where Gr R - Grade 1 learners at the... Read More
2018 Systemic Test results show steady improvement since 2011
21 January 2019The 2018 systemic test results have now been released to schools. I am pleased that, since 2011, when we increased the difficulty of these tests, there is a steady improvement. Read More
Uitzig HS will open - but the victory is Tony Ehrenreich's, not the learners
18 January 2019On Wednesday, the High Court ruled in favour of the former SGB at Uitzig Secondary School, finding that the rules of court pertaining to appeals dictates this to be the case. Read More
School Burglary and Vandalism is a not a fight that we can tackle alone
17 January 2019Despite increased security measures at schools across the province during the December holiday period, perpetrators still continue to target our schools. Read More
Deadline for NSC exam applications is Tuesday, 22 January 2019
14 January 2019While many candidates are celebrating their success in the 2018 National Senior Certificate examinations, there are candidates who did not receive the results that they had hoped to achieve. Read More
Western Cape celebrates matric success
10 January 2019A very warm welcome to everyone, to this last matric awards celebration for this term of office. It is definitely one of my favourite events of the year. Read More
MECs Schäfer and Winde kick off 2019; Learner Placement Task Teams activated
9 January 2019Today was an exciting day for many learners and parents as over 1.1 million learners started school in the Western Cape - many for the first time. This year, primary schools across the province have welcomed 108 325 Grade 1's and 83 360 Grade 8... Read More
Media alert: MECs Schäfer and Winde to visit Forest Village Leadership Academy
8 January 2019On Wednesday, 9th January 2019, more than a million learners are expected to arrive at schools across the Western Cape to begin the 2019 school year. Read More
Minister Schäfer pleased that indicators of quality show improvement in the WC
4 January 2019It has been a wonderful morning of excitement as thousands of learners celebrate the end of their school career with a National Senior Certificate pass. Read More
Media alert: Media accreditation for the Western Cape NSC 2018 awards ceremony
4 January 2019On Thursday 10th January 2019, Debbie Schäfer, MEC of Education in the province will be hosting the Western Cape National Senior Certificate (NSC) 2018 Awards Ceremony at the Premier's Residence. Read More
Media alert: Minister Schäfer to visit Masibambisane high school
3 January 2019Tomorrow, Friday 4th January 2019, thousands of NSC candidates in the Western Cape will receive their individual National Senior Certificate (NSC) results. Read More
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