Schools

Hope Schools recently held their foundation phase prize-giving, where many students were congratulated and received certificates for their achievements Picture: SUPPLIED

The Stirling Grade 8s are collecting bread tags to donate to the Sweetheart Foundation, in support of the provision of wheelchairs for the disabled....

The department of basic education announced last week that, once again, a ban was to be placed on all school contact sport. This announcement came...

Despite department of basic education minister Angie Motshekga’s announcement on Sunday July 5 that Grade R, 6 and 11 pupils would return to school...

By Sino Majangaza Protesting University of Fort Hare students have agreed to return to class on the condition vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu commits in writing...

Registration for the Nestlé Nespray SA Mathematics Challenge are officially open for primary school learners across the country. The competition aims to improve problem-solving and...

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

Sharon’s Art School recently held their prize-giving. There were a number of winners, including, front left, Trixie Kruger who was named the most creative...

The Hudson Park U13 girls hockey team are excited to be taking a tour to Knysna this month, where they will be proudly wearing...

KGAUGELO MASWENENG A survey by unions representing education professionals has found that the country is not ready to resume teaching on June 1. The information was...

GIVING BACK :iQ Academy in partnership with Level Grounding Training Solutions donated soccer goal posts to Catch Projects on Thursday Pictures: SIVENATHI GOSA

Pupils show off their ‘colourful’ hair while raising money to support cancer patients during the annual CANSA Sprayathon at Beaconhurst

The decision by the department of basic education (DBE) to delay the re-opening of schools until February 15 has been met with heavy debate...

The basic education department estimates that at least 10% of SA pupils did not return to school after the hard Covid-19 lockdown. But minister Angie...

Eastern Cape education unions say the national coronavirus command council's recommendation to postpone the reopening of schools to February 15 is the right move, though...

Clarendon Primary’s Gittins House hosted a cake sale last month and all proceeds raised were donated to the Rising Sun Daycare in Duncan Village....

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

The South African Schools Hockey Association (Sashoc) said it welcomed the return of school sport. “The hockey fraternity as a whole is champing at the...

Earlier this month, the Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Port of East London hosted their its Take a Girl Child to Work Day initiative....

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

Recently, some of the George Randell Primary School staff proudly participated in the CANSA Relay for Life to support and raise funds for those...

The Eastern Cape department of education issued a statement on Sunday evening stating special instructions were sent to unprepared schools across the province not...

https://youtu.be/aGwt12wBCuc Watch as 7 year old Laerskool Nahoon school pupil, Charlene Erasmus, gets a wonderful surprise when she visits Vincent Park. Click this link - Vincent...

By Ross Roche Women’s rugby kicks into high gear this weekend as the Border women’s team welcome Free State to the Buffalo City Metro Stadium for...

By PREGA GOVENDER The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has called on the departments of basic eduction and higher education to provide temperature scanners to...

Nonelela Bekile and Olothando Monaheng proudly accept the trophy for Berndt House, who won the Interhouse Sports Day earlier in the term Picture: SUPPLIED  

Merrifield staff not only helped at the Merrifield Mile that took place at Wriggleswade Dam, but some managed to take part in the swimming...

Department of Education to make submissions on prevention of teenage pregnancy in schools.  Image: Esa Alexande The Department of Basic Education has extended the deadline for written...

THE East London community can gear up for an exciting inaugural Wild Coast FM Book Drive which aims that will help to make reading...

The department of basic education is considering the possibility of allowing all primary school  pupils to return to school on a full-time basis. In a...

NONKULULEKO NJILO The reopening of schools later this month may lead to a spike in Covid-19 infections, a teachers' union said on Monday as it...

Last week the Georgie Trust committee hosted an evening with special guests international rugby referee Jaco Peyper and Peter Mitchell as part of a...

The Beaconhurst Grade R classes had an opportunity to enjoy close-up interactions with farm animals during their recent visit to Mel’s Fun Farm Picture:...

The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of SA (Naptosa) is concerned about how many teachers with underlying health conditions are at increased risk from the...

The Booti Brothers and their lime green octopus mascot for being the overall winners. Hope Schools was delighted to host their inaugural Adventure Mile and...

The Artists in Schools Programme hosted three workshops for pupils from October 3-7, giving them the opportunity to enhance their skills. These included visual arts,...

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

The country has been witnessing a series of shocking videos showing violence by learners towards teachers or the other way round‚ but what does...

The Grade 3s at Beaconhurst celebrated World Read Aloud Day recently by reading to the younger grades

The basic education department on Friday confirmed that the reopening of schools has been postponed to February 15. “Given the pressure experienced by the health...

One in 10 South African boys and almost 15% of girls have experienced sexual violence before the age of 17. Children are exposed to violence...

The Hudson Park Primary Port Rex Lions Cubs together with Masithethe Counselling Services held a walk against gender-based abuse at the school on Friday. In...

The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (Saipa) has opened registrations for the latest edition of its National Accounting Olympiad (NAO) which they have...

As part of their Outdoor Education Curriculum, the Grade 8 pupils from Hope School have been planting a permaculture garden and having fun doing...

The third annual Community Action Africa (CAA) career expo recently took place at Buffalo City College. Pupils from 17 disadvantaged schools were given an array...

Equal Education (EE) members planned to march to the provincial legislature in Cape Town on Friday, despite heavy rains, to deliver a list of...

At the end of last year, Parkside Primary School (PPS) earned recognition at the Eastern Cape Gambling Board’s (ECGB) annual corporate investment awards for...

There are few sounds as sweet to a pupil as that of the final bell signalling the end of the school year. As soon...

Schools across in the province are welcoming educators back once again as staff return to their working environments as of Monday February 1 in...

The matric mathematics paper 2 and physical sciences paper 2 are to be rewritten across SA. This is according to a statement from basic education...