Students sue Texas school district for banning long hair on boys

Seven students are suing a Texas school district over its dress-code policy banning boys from having…

Platooning proposals: Length of school day ‘could be halved’ for learners

‘Platooning’ could be used to bring students back into a safer educational environment – even if…

98 teachers in Western Cape positive for Covid-19, as 16 schools close

Ninety-eight teachers in the Western Cape have contracted Covid-19, the province’s head of the education department…

Zikalala says 6 000 schools in KZN are ready to reopen

South Africa’s biggest provincial education machine – the school system in KwaZulu-Natal – has been declared…

Back to school across the globe in the age of COVID-19

As South Africa prepares to return to school this week, we look at the global trends…

Joburg teacher suspended after ‘hurtful’ George Floyd comments

A teacher who allegedly told pupils she would put her knee on their necks, referencing the…

Motshekga confident schools will be ready to reopen on 8 June

Procurement backlogs have been eased and it seems that most schools will reopen to Grade 7…

Pupils ‘may not return to school on Monday’, pressure grows on Motshekga

It’s possible that a huge u-turn is coming our way before Monday, as Basic Education Minister…

‘We can go back to Level 4 and close schools’, says Angie Motshekga

A tough-talking Angie Motshekga has moved to address fears about children returning to school, saying that…

KZN government greenlights reopening of schools

The KwaZulu-Natal government has given its education department the go-ahead to reopen schools in a province…