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Minister Schäfer celebrates the provincial winners of the National Teaching Awards

3 September 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape This evening I was joined by the Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, as the WCED announced the provincial winners of the 2021 National Teaching Awards. They will go on to represent us in the national competition next ...

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38 schools fall victim to criminals during July school holidays

1 August 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape 38 Western Cape schools have reported incidents of vandalism, burglary, or attempted burglary, over the July school holidays. I am extremely disappointed that our schools have once again been targeted by ruthless criminals ...

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Grade Rs and 1s at two schools receive toiletry packs through the WCED’s Nelson Mandela Day initiative

29 July 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning I visited Portia Primary School and Hyde Park Primary School to hand over toiletry packs to the Grade R and Grade 1 learners. The packs were donated by the staff of the WCED’s Head Office, district offices, and ...

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Minister Schäfer encourages teachers to participate in the National Teaching Awards

27 July 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape Nominations for the annual National Teaching Awards (NTA) are now open for 2021, giving us all the opportunity to recognise the incredible work that so many of our teachers have done over the past year. This is the 21 st year ...

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Minister Schäfer welcomes learners and staff back to school for the third term

25 July 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape Our schools are looking forward to welcoming learners back to school tomorrow after the extended holiday. I wish our learners and staff a happy and productive start to the third term, and trust that the fact that they have had ...

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Minister Schäfer receives Covid-19 vaccine

12 July 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning I received my Covid-19 vaccine at the Parc du Cap vaccination site at Metropolitan Health in Bellville. I received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as part of the education sector rollout, now that my age group ...

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Minister Schäfer warns against abusing the education sector vaccine rollout

28 June 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape The rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the education sector got off to a great start last week, and we have received a positive response from those who have already had their vaccine. The numbers will ramp up this ...

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WCED Admissions for 2022: Parents to confirm places by tomorrow evening

24 June 2021

Statement by Bronagh Hammond, Director Communication, Western Cape Education Department Tomorrow evening, 25 June 2021, the WCED will implement the next stage of the 2022 admissions process. Parents have been informed that they have until 25 June 2021 to confirm their final choice of school for ...

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Rollout of vaccines to the basic educator sector in the Western Cape begins

23 June 2021

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape 50 staff members are scheduled to receive their vaccines today as we start the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for our province’s basic education sector. Our first staff members to receive their vaccine today are ...

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COVID-19 vaccination of educators and staff in the Western Cape

21 June 2021

Statement by Bronagh Hammond, Director Communication, Western Cape Education Department The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is delighted that the National Government has secured additional doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) single dose COVID-19 vaccine for the education sector, ...

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