News and Speeches for Western Cape Education Department
WCED and UK: Partners Developing School Business Management Concept
11 September 2006The concept of a School Business Manager as a dedicated individual who is able to manage human resources, budget, infrastructure and provisioning issues at school can bring greater efficiency in the running of the school, and can add massive value... Read More
Reaching Targets for Peer Education
10 September 2006As part of Premier Rasool's Siyabulela ("Giving Thanks") deliverables the Provincial Department of Health in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Education, and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO's) will celebrate the success of its Peer... Read More
Sudoku Logic-Based Placement Puzzle Game Prize Award Ceremony
6 September 2006Twenty learners will, on Thursday 7 September 2006, receive awards after slugging it out in a tough competition in a logic-based placement puzzle game, called Sudoku. Read More
Artscape Schools Arts Festival Gala Evening
6 September 2006A month-long cultural festival of dance, song, writing, chorals and drama will tonight culminate in showcasing the best schools' performances from among 85 items delivered by 65 schools, performed by over 2,500 learners. Read More
Deputy Minister and MEC Visit Cape Dinaledi Schools
6 September 2006Deputy Minister of Education Enver Surty will visit two Dinaledi schools in the Western Cape tomorrow (Friday 08 September 2006) with Western Cape MEC for Education Cameron Dugmore and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sue van der Merwe, in her... Read More
Key Challenge Remains Delivery of Curriculum
4 September 2006The key challenge for education remains to ensure that every school is able to deliver the National Curriculum Statement, giving every learner the opportunity to develop their full potential. Read More
WCED Increases Basket of Teaching Posts for 2007
23 August 2006I am pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row now the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will increase the total number of teaching posts in the province by 500 next year to 30,872 at a cost of R83.5m. Read More
Community Schools Initiative Week - Inspiring Stories
17 August 2006Thousands of learners have opened their hearts to their school communities and upgraded their surroundings in the week of the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) Community Schools Initiative week (14 - 18 August), which is the first-ever, as... Read More
Grade 10 Exam Results - School Safety in the Spotlight Again
14 August 2006The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has every intention of supporting both teachers and Grade 10 learners to perform better by the end of 2006. So said Education MEC Cameron Dugmore in response to a question in the Provincial Legislature... Read More
Community Schools Initiative Week - Premier and MEC Help with School Vegetable Garden
13 August 2006Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will on Wednesday 16 August help children, teachers and parents plant seeds for the vegetable garden of the Kenmere Primary School in Kensington (08h00). Read More
Western Cape Schools Inspired by Minister's Call for Community Involvement
13 August 2006'Adopting' an informal settlement; cleaning up the neighbourhood; repairing vandalised school buildings; a special treat for the elderly; pampering nurses; parents reading to their children, teachers visiting the homes of absent learners;... Read More
Siyabulela Deliverables Campaign - Training of 900 Pre-school Teachers
10 August 2006The training of 900 pre-school teachers throughout the province will lead to significant improvement in the quality of early childhood development (ECD), and boost the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. Read More
MEC Answers Questions on School Safety and Teacher Development
7 August 2006Infrastructural measures can assist with crime control, but they are not the ultimate solutions. We need to develop sustained crime prevention structures and strategies as well as improve the socio-economic conditions in the high risk school... Read More
WCED Working With Engineering Industry to Support Teachers
2 August 2006The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is working with various role-players in the engineering industry, to develop in-service training programmes for teachers who teach mathematics, science, technology and related subjects in Grades 10 to 12. Read More
Western Cape Schools Excel in National Computer Olympiad
1 August 2006Out of a record number of 31,926 students from 433 schools around the country, no less than eight of the 15 finalists for this year's National Computer Olympiad are from the Western Cape - of which three each from Rondebosch and Stellenberg high... Read More
Killing of Five Langa Youngsters
24 July 2006The killing of the five youngsters last night was a dastardly act, and we urge the police to act swiftly to prevent further bloodshed. Read More
Grade 10 June Exams
24 July 2006The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is monitoring the results of Grade 10 June exams to assess how schools are adapting to the new curriculum for Grades 10 to 12. Read More
Western Cape Schools Excel in Schools Choral Eisteddfod
12 July 2006Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has congratulated the 19 primary and high schools who have performed outstandingly at the National Championships of the 2006 South African Schools Choral Eisteddfod, formerly known as the Tirisano Schools... Read More
Untimely Death of WCED Official Ntombezintlanu Roberta Dwane (12 November 1941 - 02 July 2006)
4 July 2006Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has expressed sadness at the untimely and tragic death of one of the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) senior officials, describing it as a "tragedy of immense proportions". Read More
14,000 GETand FET teachers prepare for 2007
27 June 2006More than 14,000 teachers are attending workshops throughout the Western Cape during the June-July holiday as they prepare to introduce new aspects of the national curriculum in 2007. Read More
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