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Matric 2021 Awards to Candidates

3 February 2022

Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2021 Awards to Candidates Awards to candidates will be presented for the best performance in specified subjects, outstanding performance in the Special Needs category, Special Ministerial awards AND awards to the top 40 ...

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Matric 2021 Awards to Schools

3 February 2022

Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2021 Awards to Schools In the first category, schools are awarded in terms of Improvement in pass rate, greatest increase in the percentage of candidates achieving access to Bachelor’s degree studies, improvement and ...

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Minister Schäfer welcomes return to full-time school attendance

1 February 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape I am extremely pleased with the announcement yesterday that the National Cabinet has decided that all schools should return full time. We have been calling for this and welcome this development. The time lost in school has ...

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Xia du Toit is our 2021 Story Stars winner!

31 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape Would it not be every Grade 4 learner’s dream to write, narrate and star in an animated film? Well, that is what has happened to Xia du Toit, our 2021 Story Stars winner! Story Stars is an animated film created by using ...

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SIU finding against WCED referred for recommendations on further action

27 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape I have noted the claims by various politicians regarding the finding against the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The SIU report offers no finding of corruption, collusion or ...

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Western Cape schools continue to be targeted by criminals

26 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape 41 incidents of burglary and vandalism (affecting 34 schools) have been reported by our schools as having taken place over the December 2021/January 2022 school holidays. The majority of the incidents were minor in nature, ...

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Western Cape school and district results deliver more good news!

21 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning I visited Scottsville Secondary School to celebrate the release of the individual 2021 National Senior Certificate results to learners. The school had the greatest improvement in pass rate last year across the ...

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Western Cape matric class of 2021 – Our superstars

20 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape I am absolutely delighted with the results of the Matric Class of 2021 in the Western Cape. Our provincial pass rate was announced by Minister Angie Motshekga this evening as 81.2% - an increase of 1.3 percentage points from ...

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Minister Schäfer visits Perivale Primary School to celebrate start of 2022 school year

19 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning I visited Perivale Primary School to welcome learners to class for the first term. Learners were generally excited to be back in class, but Principal Zaahier Jacobs and his staff were on hand to dry any tears from ...

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Western Cape Government calls for scrapping of the 1M rule at schools and a full return to school

13 January 2022

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape On Tuesday, the Minister of Basic Education confirmed in a statement issued that no plans are currently in place to change the current Directions issued by the Department of Basic Education in terms of the Disaster Management ...

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