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Athletes deliver blazing performance at National Winter Games

A contingent of 299 athletes from the Western Cape took part in the National School Sport Winter Games Championship in Benoni, Gauteng...

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Criminals continue to target Western Cape schools

Despite the Western Cape Government subsidising holiday security at 436 schools over the June/July holidays, our schools have unfortunately...

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Getting Grade 10 Mathematics #BackOnTrack

This morning I visited some of the 440 Grade 10 learners from the Metro South Education District who are attending #BackOnTrack Mathematics...

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#BackOnTrack: Over 23 000 learners attend holiday classes

A total of 23 447 learners in Grade 7, 8, 10 and 12 attended #BackOnTrack and matric support classes over the holiday period in the Western...

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SADTU/Equal Education collaboration school challenge dismissed by WC High Court

Today the Western Cape High Court has dismissed the challenge made by SADTU/Equal Education against the validity of our collaboration...

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Nominations for the 2023 National Teaching Awards are open!

Nominations for the 2023 National Teaching Awards (NTAs) are now open! Nominations close on 24 July 2023, and we urge all Western Cape...

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Rustenburg Girls’ High is in the Top 10 of the World’s Best School competition!

Last week, T4 Education in partnership with Templeton World Charity Foundation, Accenture and American Express, revealed their 2023 Top 10...

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George High School learners getting skilled in martial arts

Practising martial arts are good for mental and physical health and learners at George High School are reaping the benefits after a parent...

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Call to join world class choir!

Auditions are open for children in Grades 4 to 7 to join the award-winning Tygerberg Children’s Choir.

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WCED therapists celebrate World Play Day

Therapists at the Western Cape Education Department joined in the fun of World Play Day, celebrated annually on 28 May. The theme for this...

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