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Umar battles the bully and wins the 2022 Story Stars competition!

9 February 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning, I visited Blossom Street Primary School in Athlone to announce Umar Jones as the 2022 winner, and to premiere the next instalment of “Story Stars: The adventures of Felix and Felicity”, which now includes Umar as ...

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Matric 2022 Awards to Candidates

2 February 2023

Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2022 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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Western Cape 2022 National Senior Certificate Awards

2 February 2023

Speech by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Good morning, Premier Alan Winde, and Tracy Winde, and thank you for hosting us again this year at your lovely home. Welcome to our principals, and our teachers, and our parents, and our colleagues, and our supporters. And a ...

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Matric 2022 Awards to Schools

2 February 2023

Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2022 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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Criminals target Western Cape schools during holiday period

27 January 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Western Cape schools again fell victim to criminal activity during the December/January school holidays. While the Western Cape Education Department provided subsidies for holiday security at 439 schools, 48 incidents of ...

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#ClassOf2022 continues to close the inequality gap

20 January 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning I visited Hector Peterson Secondary School in Wallacedene to celebrate the release of the individual 2022 National Senior Certificate Results to candidates. The school has produced excellent results this year, ...

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Western Cape #ClassOf2022 beat the odds!

19 January 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape We are delighted that the Western Cape matric Class of 2022 has beaten the odds and increased our provincial matric pass rate to 81.4% , with 49 102 candidates passing their exams – the largest number of successful candidates ...

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Premier Winde and Minister Maynier welcome Western Cape learners back to school

18 January 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape This morning, Premier Alan Winde joined me for a visit to Starling Primary School, to celebrate the start of the 2023 school year and welcome learners back to school in the Western Cape. Starling Primary is one of our full- ...

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Reminder of prohibition of political activities in schools

17 January 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape We are aware of various representatives of political parties currently undertaking visits to our schools as we start the school year, and planned visits for the first day of school. A number of representatives and activists ...

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99.2% of Grade 1 and 8 learners placed in the Western Cape

16 January 2023

Statement by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape The Western Cape Education Department is ready for the 2023 school year, with 35 872 teachers and 7 578 public service staff returning to schools today to prepare for the arrival of over 1.2 million learners on Wednesday, 18 ...

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