A fed learner is a productive learner

A hungry learner is an unproductive learner and it is for this reason that the Tiger Brand Foundation has joined with the Department of Basic Education to provide the learners of Alexandra in Gauteng with a nutritious breakfast each day.The project, which will run for three years, currently provides breakfast and lunch to 13 schools in Alexandra, an area infamous for its adverse economic conditions...Read more

Call fo comments: NEEDU

The NEEDU (National Education Evaluation and Development Unit) Bill was published for comment on 23 December 2011 (Government Notice 907, Government Gazette 34858).All interested persons and organisations are invited to comment on the Bill, in writing...Read more

Learners put their best foot forward

Learners at Roseneath Primary school in Johannesburg were overcome with joy on Monday when Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, joined hands with the private sector to handover much-needed shoes to the school’s learners.The partnership between the Department of Basic Education, Absa’s charitable arm Sešego Cares and US-based shoe manufacturer TOMS will see 105 000 pairs of shoes being donated to school children across South Africa...Read more

Honouring our teachers

The cream of the country’s teachers have gathered in Pretoria for the week long adjudication of the annual National Teaching Awards this week. Now in its 13^th year, the NTAs are an opportunity for the Department of Basic Education to acknowledge and pay tribute to our dedicated, committed and professional educators and their efforts to develop learners as citizens of a democratic, non-racial and non-sexist South Africa...Read more