Grade 1

From next year schools will offer an African language from Grade 1, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Friday. "This means that schools that previously offered English and Afrikaans will now be mandated to offer African languages from Grade 1 and continue incrementally year-on-year," she told reporters in Pretoria. Motshekga said this was an exciting and important development. The minister also took the opportunity to clear up what she called misconceptions about the … [Read more...] about Schools must offer an African language from 2016