Johannesburg - Early childhood development (ECD) is important for children, but parents have been warned against taking their children to Grade R too early. The Gauteng Education Department’s director ...
About half of the country’s grade R teachers are unqualified or underqualified — some without even a matric — mainly because the department of basic education has allowed them to be employed and ...
A new study shows that grade R classes have almost zero effect on the future performance of pupils in South Africa’s poorest schools. “The impact of grade R in South Africa is small and there is ...
More than a third of pupils who start grade R lack the necessary language, numeracy, and motor skills for their age, which means they start their schooling at an academic disadvantage. In a new study ...
As the Bela Bill takes shape, the Department of Basic education admits 22% of Grade R teachers in SA are not qualified. As the Department of Basic Education (DBE) pushes ahead with the Basic Education ...