Although there are many elements of education and schooling, the three that I'll focus on are 1) public expenditure on ...

The fifteenth edition of the South Africa Economic Update, Learning: Overdue Reforms and Emerging Priorities in Basic Education, discusses South Africa’s economic prospects and focuses on basic ...

Apartheid-era Foreign Minister Pik Botha, known for his bluster, recently set the cat among the pigeons by saying that South Africa’s education system is “the worst in Africa.” He went on to say that ...

For many South Africans, education is a privilege and praised once completed. However, for many other South Africans, quality education is a far distant dream for a multitude of reasons. To begin with ...

Last Friday, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law making, among other provisions, one year of pre-primary education compulsory, further strengthening the right to education for South ...

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For decades, the South African education system has been built on a clear and structured foundation. You send your child to a local school, and you hope for the best. For decades, the South African ...

On Thursday, 26 October 2023, the National Assembly passed the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, the BELA BILL. The amendments address some of the key challenges that have, for years, hindered the ...

This story was originally published by Africa Feeds and this version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing partnership agreement. Africa is poised to seize an incredible ...

Quality basic education is critical to fostering inclusive growth in South Africa, requiring key needs such as infrastructure reforms, efficient public spending, and the strengthening of human capital ...