Education

Pretoria - When the pupils of Matseke Primary School in Atteridgeville returned to school on Monday, some of them barely recognised their school.

They were greeted with splashes of colour at every turn; what was broken when they left for the school holidays had been repaired, and the school was spotless.

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) staff spent two days renovating the school as part of their Mandela Day initiative and on former President Nelson Mandela's birthday, ...

By Sydney Masinga

Mbombela - Sixty-seven dilapidated schools in Mpumalanga will look brand new come Mandela Day on July 18.

Mpumalanga's Education Department will dispatch its officials to refurbish the schools in honour of former President Nelson Mandela, whose birthday is celebrated ...

Pretoria - In an attempt to ensure that more learners are successful in completing the tough requirements of engineering degrees, the John Orr Technical High School is to be turned into an Academy for Engineering ...

Pretoria - The number of Gauteng Grade R learners is expected to increase to 92 000 in 2012 as the provincial Education Department plans to establish an additional 700 Grade R sites.

Gauteng Education MEC Barbara Creecy announced on Tuesday during the department's budget for 2011/2012 ...

Pretoria - Students should emulate the dedication shown by late struggle icon Albertina Sisulu, says Ambassador Phatse Justice Piitso.

Piitso, who is South Africa's ambassador to Cuba, was speaking at a farewell function hosted by ...