The Department of Basic Education will not be allowed to publish matric results in newspapers this year; The Information Regulator of South Africa claimed the DBE was not POPIA compliant if it did 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 ...

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has welcomed the employment of 200 000 young people, hired by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) as education assistants and general ...

PRETORIA, March 30, 2023 – 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 ...

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.

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 ...