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OPINION | Born Unequal: How South Africa’s ECD system reinforces class divides

As South Africa prepares for a new academic year in its basic education system, familiar debates once again take centre stage, ranging from access to education, school readiness, and persistent infrastructure backlogs. This year, however, society’s attention must turn more deliberately to early childhood development (ECD) as a core basic education competence, and to recognising that it is not merely a care sector but an economy. It is an essential […]

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Dept. of Education: We will take action against disruption of schools

The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has threatened legal action against those who attempt to disturb academic activity in schools. The bold statement comes after the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) resolved that schools should close immediately as the country continues its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Sadtu said evidence showed that teaching and learning had been ineffective under the current conditions and have since written to Basic Education […]

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