Media Releases

Statement by Bronagh Hammond, Director Communication, Western Cape Education Department This morning, close to 150 000 registered users on the WCED admissions website will be eagerly waiting to see the outcome of their applications for the 2022 school year. In February and March this year, the WCED ...

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape Over the past few months, 19 011 young people have been working in our schools as Education Assistants or General School Assistants as part of the national Basic Education Employment Initiative. The initiative was meant to end ...

Statement by Minister Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education Western Cape As schools close today for the Easter break, concerns are already growing that social gatherings and travel over this period could trigger an increase in cases of Covid-19. Over the last year we have seen that super-spreader ...

Statement by Bronagh Hammond: Director for Communication – Western Cape Education Department In recent days the WCED has noticed an upsurge in website activity on the online application system. We have also received a number of requests from parents to accommodate an extension to allow parents to ...