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Public sector strike should not affect Western Cape matric exams

9 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape We can assure parents that we have taken every precaution to ensure that the matric exams will not be affected by the planned public sector union protest action on Thursday 10 November 2022 in the Western Cape. The Western Cape ...

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Update on intervention at Fish Hoek High School

8 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape A diversity intervention, by an external service provider, took place at Fish Hoek High School on Monday 31 October 2022. What happened caused hurt and division, and the intervention was terminated the very next day, on Tuesday ...

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SADTU/Equal Education court action opposes access to quality education for poor learners

2 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Today, SADTU/Equal Education will be in the Western Cape High Court to challenge the Western Cape’s collaboration schools model, which makes high quality no-fee education available to over 12 300 learners in poor communities. ...

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Minister Maynier’s message to matrics

30 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape To the Class of 2022: We are so proud of you for overcoming the challenges of the past few years. The pandemic caused so much disruption and anxiety, which has made an already stressful exam even more challenging. We urge any ...

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Another delay in the construction of Manenberg School of Skills

28 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Last month, I announced that the construction mafia had interrupted work on the new Manenberg School of Skills, an R84 million project scheduled to take 87 weeks to complete. Unfortunately, another delay over which the Western ...

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The Western Cape #ClassOf2022 in numbers

27 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape A total of 73 846 candidates will write the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams in the Western Cape this year. Of these, 62 361 are full-time candidates, and 11 485 are part-time candidates. The exams begin with English ...

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#Classof2022: Cheating is not an option!

24 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Last week, I visited Vista Nova High School in Pinelands to wish matric candidates the very best for the exams, and witness the signing of their matric Commitment Agreements for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. ...

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Congratulations to our National Teaching Award winners!

20 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape The National Teaching Awards took place in Gauteng this morning, and I am so pleased to announce that six of our provincial nominees placed in the top three nationally, with FOUR having WON their categories ! Excellence in ...

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Pinelands North Primary School does the Western Cape proud in the World’s Best School competition

19 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Pinelands North Primary School has placed in the top 3 of the World’s Best School Prize, awarded by T4 Education. In June this year, we celebrated with the school when they were announced as one of the top 10 finalists in the ...

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Celebration as new Perivale Primary School buildings are opened

13 October 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning we celebrated the opening of the new Perivale Primary School buildings in Lotus River, and officially welcomed teachers and learners to the beautiful, state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities. This is a ...

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