Belinda Harmse is a deeply religious person who believes that every teacher is a servant of God. “As teachers, our task is to polish each and every gem [child] for God,” she says. Harmse knew she ...

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 ...

Early Childhood Development (ECD) and grade R teachers staged a march to the Department of Basic Education offices on Struben Street on July 24. The reason for the march was that the group is not ...

This program is offered in person. WMU’s nationally accredited Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood General and Special Education and Lower Elementary Education: Birth through Grade 3 (formerly ...

Learners aged six to ten years old who may be struggling between grade R and 3 may soon be pushed through primary school without repeating a grade, as Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, ...

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 ...

According to Stats SA's 2024 midyear population estimates, there are 1.1 million five-year-olds in the country. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has revealed that South Africa needs ...