Various factors have resulted in more than 57,000 “possible dropouts” over the course of a year in the Eastern Cape schooling system a sobering figure that has come to light as pupils across the province prepare for their mid-year examinations.
The death of the Eastern Cape department of education’s acting head of department, Dr Soyisile Nuku, has been described as a great loss for the province and country.Nuku died at an East London hospital on Wednesday afternoon after a short illness.He was 64.
Frantic Nelson Mandela Bay parents are in a race against time, converging on schools and in some cases camping outside daily in the hope of enrolling their children before the first bell rings on Wednesday.
The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) has ordered the Eastern Cape education department to pay eight teachers more than half-a-million rand in benefits.The teachers lodged a complaint with the council after the department “unfairly” terminated their rural incentive on July 31 2019 while their colleagues continued receiving it.