Thousands of rural Eastern Cape pupils to get internet access PREMIUM By Sikho Ntshobane - 30 April 2021
Thousands of rural pupils across the Eastern Cape will soon have access to the internet which could boost their studies.
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Eastern Cape education department has recovered only 7,931 of the devices and is threatening legal action 21 April 2021 - 20:12
The Eastern Cape education department is sitting with a massive headache how to retrieve more than 47,000 tablets loaned to matric pupils last year worth hundreds of millions of rand.
The department confirmed that up until the beginning of the month, it had recovered only 7, 931 of the almost 55,000 digital devices issued to 510 quintile one to three schools (the poorest schools) between July and October 2020.
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Investigation report released on appalling matric camps in Harry Gwala Updated
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Education officials believed to have been responsible for leaving matric pupils to study in appalling conditions at a camp in Harry Gwala district will face disciplinary action.
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Images of the state of the matric camp at the Boniwe Rehabilitation Centre surfaced on social media.
They showed learners in an overcrowded tent with no masks.
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The ablution facilities were overflowing.
Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu released the findings of an investigation in Durban a short while ago.
Supplied That camp was known not to be suitable for hosting the matric camps but the district continued to use it.
Primary school principal suspended for lowering pupil into pit toilet to retrieve dropped cellphone The 11-year-old allegedly had to dig through piles of faeces with his hands 16 March 2021 - 08:09 The child, allegedly lowered into the pit toilet to find the principal s cellphone, was mocked by pupils and is traumatised. File photo. Image: Alaister Russell
A primary school principal who allegedly lowered an 11-year-old pupil into a pit toilet to search for a dropped smartphone leaving the child covered in faeces has been suspended.
The Eastern Cape education department said it had learnt “with shame the ill-treatment” of the pupil and others who were allegedly instructed to search for the phone.
Ugu lands top matric pass rate for second consecutive year Updated
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135 276 sat for the papers. This is the highest number of Grade 12s who ve obtained an NSC certificate provincially.
Education MEC, Kwazi Mashengu s been briefing the media in La Mercy, on how KZN s districts performed in the exams.
He says Ugu District got 81,7%, Umlazi District obtained 80,9%.
The third top performing district is Umkhanyakude District with 80,6 %, followed by Amajuba District 80,5%.
Umgungundlovu District achieved 80,3%, Ilembe District 76,9 %, Zululand District 76,7 % and Pinetown District 75,8 %, Harry Gwala District 75,0 %.
King Cetshwayo District got 74,8 % and Uthukela District 73,5 % lastly, Umzinyathi District 72,6%.
The Class of 2020 in KZN received over 51 000 Bachelor passes and over 35 000 Diplomas. 18 000 received Higher Certificate passes.