News and Speeches for Ministry of Education
#BackOnTrack: Over 23 000 learners attend holiday classes
25 July 2023A total of 23 447 learners in Grade 7, 8, 10 and 12 attended #BackOnTrack and matric support classes over the holiday period in the Western Cape. Read More
SADTU/Equal Education collaboration school challenge dismissed by WC High Court
17 July 2023Today the Western Cape High Court has dismissed the challenge made by SADTU/Equal Education against the validity of our collaboration schools model, which makes high quality no-fee education available to learners in poor communities in the Western... Read More
Getting Grade 10 Mathematics #BackOnTrack
12 July 2023This morning I visited some of the 440 Grade 10 learners from the Metro South Education District who are attending #BackOnTrack Mathematics classes at the University of the Western Cape this week. Read More
Nominations for the 2023 National Teaching Awards are open!
22 June 2023Nominations for the 2023 National Teaching Awards (NTAs) are now open! Nominations close on 24 July 2023, and we urge all Western Cape teachers to participate. Read More
Rustenburg Girls’ High is in the Top 10 of the World’s Best School competition!
15 June 2023This morning, T4 Education in partnership with Templeton World Charity Foundation, Accenture and American Express, revealed their 2023 Top 10 shortlists for the World’s Best School Prize. Read More
Fatal road accident tragically claims lives of five school children
30 May 2023This morning, five children on their way to school were killed in a fatal traffic accident in Mitchells Plain. Initial information suggests that the bakkie in which the learners were being transported hit a traffic light, resulting in the children... Read More
Don’t Wait! Confirm your choice of school today
28 May 2023On Monday, 29 May 2023, parents who applied during the on-time admissions period (13 March 2023 – 14 April 2023) will be able to view the outcome of their applications for a place for their child in a school in 2024 on the online admissions system. Read More
Promoting Positive Behaviour in our schools!
18 May 2023The Western Cape Education Department hosted the annual Positive Behaviour Day on 17 May 2023, at the Positive Behaviour Intervention and Resource Centre (PBIRC) in Wynberg. Read More
Nearly 20 000 learners attend first #BackOnTrack classes
18 May 2023We have launched a massive R1.2 billion #BackOnTrack programme to reverse learning losses caused by Covid-19, to improve learning outcomes and give our children a better future. Read More
PIRLS 2021 results: We have a plan to get reading scores #BackOnTrack
16 May 2023The results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study (PIRLS) were released today, which confirmed that learning losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are severe across South Africa. Read More
Massive R1.2bn #BackOnTrack campaign launched to reverse learning losses
11 May 2023Today we launched the #BackOnTrack programme, which is a big, bold intervention to reverse Covid-19 learning losses in the Western Cape. The pandemic is over, but the effect of the pandemic is not over. Read More
Leadership Academy launched to develop school leadership talent
9 May 2023We are excited to announce the launch of the Western Cape Education Department’s Leadership Academy! Read More
Premier Winde and Minister Maynier visit Struisbaai PS skills facility
3 May 2023This week as part of the Western Cape Government Bicycle Handover Tour, Premier Alan Winde and Provincial Minister of Education, David Maynier, were given a tour of Struisbaai Primary School’s skills facility. Read More
165 993 applications for the 2024 school year received to date
25 April 2023Today I visited support teams at our Head Office and the Department of the Premier, to express my thanks for the many hours of hard work they put in during the admissions period. Read More
Celebrating World Book Day 2023
23 April 2023UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on the 23rd of April each year to recognise the importance of books and authors, and to encourage everyone to read books. Read More
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