Cosas threatens to shut down private schools Updated
Anastasi Mokgobu
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The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) is threatening to shut down all private school in the country.
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The Department of Basic Education has gazetted new regulations which give independent schools the green light to open their doors on February 1, while public schools will open two weeks later.
The department has postponed the reopening of both public and private schools due to the rise in Covid-19 cases.
Cosas spokesperson Douglas Ngobeni says it would be unfair for independent schools to open while pupils attending public schools have to sit at home.
23 January 2021, 11:26 AM | Angela Bolowana | @SABCNews
Image: SABC The Education Department says it has received complains about learners report cards being withheld.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has gazetted the new school regulations, which are likely to pave the way for private schools to open on the first of next month.
Earlier this month, government announced that public and private schools should delay opening by two weeks. There will soon be clarity on when private schools will open.
There was uncertainty about how the announcement would apply to private schools since some had already started contact classes. Public schools will resume classes on the 15th of next month.
Cosas foils grilling of pupils over exam paper leaks 14 January 2021 - 16:44
The interviews of 14 grade 12 pupils as part of the ongoing investigation on two matric exam question paper leaks were cancelled in Mpumalanga following the intervention of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas).
The group of pupils were invited to come for interviews at the Nkululeko circuit office in Mbombelaon Thursday to answer some questions around the two question papers that were leaked last year.
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State seeks to grill pupils over matric exam leaks 14 January 2021 - 11:11
Last year two matric question papers, physical Science paper 2 and Mathematics paper 2 were leaked.
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It would be very stupid for DBE to try and appeal this matter- AfriForum
11 December 2020 4:45 PM
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High Court in Pretoria has found that the decision by the Basic Education Department to rewrite two leaked papers was unlawful.
The High Court in Pretoria has found that the decision by the Basic Education Department to rewrite two leaked papers was unlawful and irregular and that it should be set aside.
This comes after an urgent application was brought before the courts by AfriForum and SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu)
The maths paper 2 and physical science paper 2 were leaked on WhatsApp hours before they were written.