The Information Regulator of South Africa has banned the Department of Basic Education (DBE) from publishing results in newspapers, saying there is no legal justification for doing so.

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has pushed back against criticism that learners are being discouraged from studying mathematics in high school. Former statistician-general of South Africa ...

Local news Teacher union welcomes return of education assistants to public schools across South Africa SADTU backs department's employment of 200 000 education assistants, calling it vital for ...

Parent bodies in KwaZulu-Natal are concerned that the Department of Basic Education was taking away the powers from school governing bodies (SGB).

With South Africa’s roads ranked among the world’s most dangerous, this initiative aims to equip pupils with essential life-saving knowledge from a young age. Department of Basic Education (DBE) ...

Transforming the basic education sector by improving the quality of learning from an early age can drive inclusive growth in South Africa, according to a World Bank report released today. The report ...

The Department of Basic Education must ensure that it rolls out the new policy in a carefully scaffolded way right up to grade 12, allowing all mother tongue languages to flourish alongside English.

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has shut down false claims circulating online about changes to the 2025 school calendar. Rise UP on Monday reported that the education department had ...

Sources: Equal Education Law Centre analysis of data from Statistics South Africa General Household Survey; Department of Basic Education Note: Shows share of 22- to 25-year-olds who have ...

Investment in Early Childhood Development (ECD) is one of the most important tools available to ensure children benefit from formal schooling, and later in life, from improved health, social, and ...

South Africa significantly boosted basic and higher education enrolment after the democratic government abolished the apartheid-era Bantu education system, which provided inferior schooling for ...