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Schools Democracy Campaign off to a good start

Grade 12 learners at Sarepta Secondary School were reminded of the important role young people play in a democracy by exercising their right...

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Rural school robotics team takes the world by storm

Zwelethemba High School’s Robotics team is currently in Massachusetts in the USA for an international robotics tournament. The learners from...

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Dysselsdorp Secondary School Soup-for-a-book initiative

Dysseldorp Secondary School’s Representative Council of Learners (RCL) recently collected textbooks in exchange for soup. Jennifer Juries...

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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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Time to enter the National Teaching Awards!

Nominations for the 2023 National Teaching awards are now open and will close on 24 July 2023. The Western Cape Education Department is...

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

This morning, T4 Education in partnership with Templeton World Charity Foundation, Accenture and American Express, revealed their 2023 Top...

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Principal, teacher win big at Service Excellence Awards

Clive Arries, Principal of West End Primary School in Mitchell’s Plain, and Phumla Yabo, a teacher at Nduli Primary School in Ceres, were...

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WCED collaborates with KKNK and Suidoosterfees

Anina Lundie, Senior Curriculum Planner in the Arts at the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), was presented with a ‘Boom van Hoop’...

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Learners stand up against cyberbullying and embrace mental health issues

About 500 learners from schools in the Metro East Education District attended an indaba on mental health issues and cyberbullying. The event...

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Touring Struisbaai PS’s skills facility

In May, as part of the Western Cape Government Bicycle Handover Tour, Premier Alan Winde and Provincial Minister of Education, David Maynier, were given a tour of Struisbaai Primary School’s skills facility.

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