Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will on Monday release the 2013 NSC Matric Results at the SABC studios. The results will be available at schools, in print and online media the following day on 7 January. A total of 576 90 full-time and 130 646 part-time candidates sat for the 2013 examinations in 6699 exam centres. The matric pass rate for 2012 was 73.9%, an improvement of 3.7% from 2011's pass rate of 70.2%. Earlier this week, the Independent Examinations Board's (IEB) matric … [Read more...] about IEB Matric Pass Rate up on 2012
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Friday Rant – Education
On 5 September 2011 Mrs Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, presented the keynote address at the 16th SAOU School Principal Symposium in Port Elizabeth. (Click here for the entire speech) I have cherry picked certain statements out of the Minister's speech and reproduced them below. We are a year on after the speech and I certainly cannot see any change, if anything we (YES, we, as every citizen of South Africa is to blame for allowing this to happen) have seen a further slide into … [Read more...] about Friday Rant – Education
Presidential Committee to Strengthen Eastern Cape Education
A joint task team has been appointed by President Jacob Zuma to support work aimed at strengthening education in the Eastern Cape. The task team, comprising members of Cabinet and the Provincial Executive Council, is mandated to deal with matters pertaining to the application of Section 100 (1) (b) on the Eastern Cape Department of Education. This is part of measures implemented by the President following his visit to the province to assess the state of education. The move taken by the … [Read more...] about Presidential Committee to Strengthen Eastern Cape Education
East Cape Education Department Progress
Cabinet has noted progress in the implementation of high-level intervention measures put in place in the Eastern Cape Education Department, spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday. Manyi said, following an ordinary meeting of Cabinet on Wednesday, that a task team comprising the Ministers of Justice, Basic Education (Angie Motshekga), Finance, Higher Education and Public Service and Administration would continuously "interact" to ensure that the turnaround strategy was successfully … [Read more...] about East Cape Education Department Progress
President Coming to Assess Eastern Cape State of Education
President Jacob Zuma will visit the Eastern Cape on Tuesday next week to assess the general state of education in the province, which has been facing a number of challenges. Announcing the President's visit, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that during the visit, Zuma will further assess progress made in the implementation of Section 100 (b) (1) and the delivery of quality basic education in line with Outcome 1. "The Presidential monitoring and assessment on the delivery of … [Read more...] about President Coming to Assess Eastern Cape State of Education
Extra Two Days Gives Schools Long Holiday
The Department of Basic Education has given permission to schools across the country to take two days off on April 28 and 29 as part of Easter holidays. According to the schools' calendar, the two days are not part of the school holidays. However Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the department had received requests from schools to be allowed to take the two extra days for Easter. "The planning was disruptive and the schools asked to be allowed to take two days and compensate … [Read more...] about Extra Two Days Gives Schools Long Holiday
Hope for EC School Pupils
The Ministry of Basic Education says it's hard at work to improve the quality of education in the Eastern Cape. Addressing the National Assembly on Wednesday, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga said that in view of the seriousness of the situation and government's commitment to providing quality education, Cabinet had resolved that she step in those areas the department "was struggling to meet minimum standards of service delivery." "I intend to build capacity in the province to … [Read more...] about Hope for EC School Pupils
Grave Concerns at East Cape Education Crisis
Despite her recent visit to the Eastern Cape to resolve challenges facing the provincial education department, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has expressed grave concern about the ongoing education crisis in the province. The provincial department has been experiencing various problems, including: the recent termination of temporary teachers displaced teachers who have been occupying office jobs at the district offices instead of being put in their right jobs a lack of … [Read more...] about Grave Concerns at East Cape Education Crisis
Motshekga Canes East Cape Schools
A number of interventions are expected to be implemented in the Eastern Cape in a bid to turn around the performance of the provincial Department of Education. Effective learning and teaching in the province could not start when the schools opened last week due to various problems including the recent termination of temporary teachers which posed serious challenges to teaching and learning, displaced teachers who have been occupying office jobs at the district offices instead of being put in … [Read more...] about Motshekga Canes East Cape Schools
Will Motshekga Cane Eastern Cape Schools?
Due to a number of problems being experienced at schools in the Eastern Cape, the Minister of Education Angie Motshekga and her Deputy Enver Surty are to travel to the province. The pair will visit various schools on Wednesday and Thursday to assess the situation on the ground before meeting with the provincial education officials at the Council of Education Ministers on Friday. The provincial education department has been experiencing a number of challenges regarding the termination of … [Read more...] about Will Motshekga Cane Eastern Cape Schools?
