Schools

  Last week 16 dedicated non-profit organisations reached their graduation as the culmination of the third cohort of the Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) and Laureus...

DREAM Alive Foundation is a newly found organisation that was established in April, by East London and King Williams Town students, with an aim...

The final stretch of high school is here — your matric exams. This is a defining moment, and while it can feel overwhelming, it’s also...

Cambridge swimmers, Astrid Pye and Bradley Tyson both participated in the Merrifield Mile. Astrid came 10th overall and was the first nipper girl home...

AW Barnes Primary hosts cricket clinic for juniors thanks to Pretoria-based company SARAH KINGON YOUNG cricketers from AW Barnes Primary School benefited from an afternoon of skills...

With just four weeks remaining, Stirling Primary School’s “Be a Sport” initiative is rallying support from East Londoners to provide essential sports equipment to...

Jayden Sivai, 13, has eye on Olympics one day Stirling High School grade 8 pupil Jayden Sivai,13, has been chosen for the SA national swimming...

For Mdantsane-born Zikhona Ngxata, who was crowned Second Princess at the 2021 Mrs South Africa, a love for pageantry began at an early age. “I’ve...

STIRLING Primary School hosted and went on to win a Grade 1 to 7 SACEE (South African Council of English Educators) Spelling Bee on...

Society had failed Rhodes University student Khensani Maseko and many like her, say Rhodes vice-chancellor Sizwe Mabizela. Speaking today at a protest rally against sexual...

But 893 candidates in four provinces implicated in ‘group copying’ Exams quality assurer Umalusi has given the green light for the release of the 2020...

West Bank School’s music pupils celebrate after the EL Fest, which was held last week at Selborne Primary. ‘Well done to West Bank’s Grade...

Five Beaconhurst School educators recently took part in the Discovery Surfers Challenge and did their school proud as they crossed the finish line, where...

From his first lockdown keyboard notes to a national stage, East London’s Gabriel du Toit is striking more than just chords, he’s making history...

As part of their community service, the Grensies Petite visits old age homes every year. They spoil the grannies and grandpas (as the kids...

Congratulations to Stirling High School’s Matthew Mildenhall, Vida Orpen, Matthew Wiseman, and Kate Croney for representing the U19 Eastern Cape Aloes in Bloemfontein from...

#IAmNotNext was the theme of the day as the pupils of East London Science College attended the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Cry Awareness event which...

College Street’s Grade 7N pupils show off the results of a class project they were given by teachers Picture: SUPPLIED    

Stirling High pupils present ‘Les Misérables’ The international musical theatre phenomenon Les Misérables comes to East London in the form of Les Misérables: School Edition,...

THE Helping Hand Schoolbag project has once again aided needy pupils in starting their big Grade 1 adventure. The project, established 10 years ago in...

The department of basic education (DBE) is calling on teachers across the country to take part in the upcoming National Teaching Awards (NTA) which...

Grensies Petite celebrated the first day of spring by having a “Spring Walk”. Pictured are, left, Caleesi van der Merwe and Abbigail Coetzee

The GO!&Express caught up with nine-year-old Chaytin Collins from Hudson Park Primary School, the youngest entrant and winner of the Junior B division for...

For the second day this week, pupils at Nkululeko Secondary School in KwaNobuhle have not been taught due to a broken pipe at a...

South African insurance company Assupol has teamed up with the department of basic education to provide sanitation facilities for 100 schools around the country,...

East London soccer fans will be treated to top-class action when Chippa United lock horns with Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs for the Premier’s Cup...

Buffalo City TVET Collage (BCC) East London campus employees spent Mandela Day equipping more than 500 Grade 8 to Grade 12 pupils with life...

Schools are set to partially reopen next week with teachers opening on Monday, May 4, and pupils two days later. Basic education director-general Mathanzima Mweli...

THE Inspiration Awards, in conjunction with the Daily Dispatch and Johnson & Johnson Local Heroes, has launched the Inspiring Youth Schools Campaign and is...

Children from Hudson Park Eaglets, together with family members and teachers, enjoyed their annual Big Walk along the shoreline at Nahoon Beach in beautiful...

Dale Junior hosted an U7 and U8 rugby festival on July 27, which saw them go up against Balasi Primary School, Breidbach Primary, De...

Three Hudson Park coaches have been called up to do duty for SA youth rugby. Coach Ntando Kebe, also the former Swallows Rugby Club coach,...

A woman has accused a school in Gauteng of policing black pupils’ hair after her niece was sent home over her “inappropriate” hairstyle. Siyabonga Ngwenya...

The Eastern Cape Transport Department has failed to secure available extra funding to bus more than 29 000 Eastern Cape pupils when schools reopen...

Kwakhanya Mtshizana shows off the new Hope Schools high school uniform with pride. This is the official uniform for the high school boys Picture:...

An Eastern Cape student teacher appeared in court in connection with the assault of a nine-year-old Grade 2 pupil with a duster. The third-year University...

The department of basic education (DBE) recently organised a two-day workshop to update and develop their policies on sex education in schools. According to the...

THE fourth Aannual Tour de Force mountain bike race and French mMarket will take place at 3 Silos on Sunday June 3. The event will...

Residents in Pefferville are threatening to “shut the gates” of local schools over what they allege is unfair exclusion of their children. Concerned parents, led...

GOT THIS: Rebecca Ansell playing for Stirling against DSG last Saturday, with Stirling winning 12-4. Rebecca was recently selected for the SA U18 Water...

Clarendon High School for Girls (CGHS) pupil Layla Khandoo, 18, won a silver medal by placing second in the national finals of the Computer...

There must be something in the drinking water, because Gonubie Prrimary have no fewer than 16 sets of twins this year. ‘This must surely...

A R77m project to rebuild a Uitenhage school has been stalled since 2018‚ apparently because the Eastern Cape department of education is not paying...

Lilyfontein School pupil, Adon Parker achieved 94% in the annual SA Council for English Education National Language Challenge, coming third in the country for...

By Sino Majangaza A vital meeting today between Walter Sisulu University and parents of SRC members on the Mthatha campus did not take place. The meeting was...

Water tanks holding thousands of litres of water are being installed in deprived Eastern Cape schools as part of an effort to combat the...

Local pupil Owam Nqweniso’s dreams of playing rugby for SA were almost compromised due to lack of funds until a local business, BTKM Quantity...

A new set of hearing aids has given six-year-old Alime Nkhohliso a new lease on life and a chance to be a fully active...