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We are doing our schoolwork by building the equivalent of a new school every four days!

30 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Yesterday I visited Westridge Secondary School in Mitchell’s Plain and Hindle High School in Delft to view the additional Moladi classrooms being constructed for the 2023 school year. Moladi technology is one of the new ...

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SANTACO taxi strike keeps over 128 000 children home from school

24 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape While Western Cape matric candidates were all able to write their exams this week, the rest of our learners were severely affected by the SANTACO taxi strike held on 21 to 22 November 2022. On Monday, 128 699 learners in Grades ...

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We are doing our schoolwork! Western Cape Education Department announces unprecedented school infrastructure delivery programme

22 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape We are excited to announce that the Western Cape Education Department is undertaking an ambitious school infrastructure delivery programme at an unprecedented rate. This programme aims to deliver 842 additional classrooms with ...

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Contingency measures in place to assist matrics during SANTACO strike

20 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape We are deeply disappointed by SANTACO Western Cape’s decision to undertake strike action, as it will have a serious impact on our learners writing end-of-year exams, and our matric exams in particular. Two high enrolment ...

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Western Cape public schools paid over R36 million in bank charges in 2021

17 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Western Cape public schools paid a total of over R36 million in bank charges last year, at an average of R23 572 per school. However, this average obscures a number of significant outliers: 40 of our schools have reported ...

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Schools can win R25 000 for library resources in the ‘Letter to my library’ competition

15 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Entries are now open for our annual school library competition, and six learners will win R25 000 in library resources for their school! The competition is being held in celebration of International School Library Month (ISLM ...

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#ClassOf2022: Crib notes and cell phones do not go unnoticed by our invigilators!

10 November 2022

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape We are not yet halfway through the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, and we have already received 14 reports of candidates allegedly bringing cell phones or crib notes into their exam venues. This clearly ...

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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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