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The story of King Book Fly wins the 2023 Story Stars competition!

This morning, I visited Kenridge Primary School to announce the 2023 Story Stars winners! Story Stars is an annual creative writing...

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2023 systemic test results show improvement across all school phases

The results of our annual systemic tests for 2023 are now available, which show an improvement in Mathematics and Language scores across all...

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Second chance matric: Registration for the May/June NSC closes this Friday!

The Western Cape Education Department encourages all learners who did not achieve their desired results in the 2023 National Senior...

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Western Cape 2023 National Senior Certificate Awards

Speech by Minister David Maynier, Minister of Education Western Cape Good morning Premier and Tracy Winde, All of our honored guests, Our...

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Matric 2023 Awards to Schools

Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2023 Awards to Schools In the first category, schools are awarded...

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Matric 2023 Awards to Candidates

Western Cape Education Department National Senior Certificate Examinations 2023 Awards to Candidates Awards to candidates will be presented...

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DSD assessing damage after Sivuyile fire

The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) is assessing the extent of the fire damage to its Sivuyile residential facility for...

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Decrease in number of schools affected by burglary and vandalism

Despite our department providing holiday security to 486 schools over the December holidays, we recorded 26 incidents of burglary and...

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Western Cape continues to close the education inequality gap

This morning I visited COSAT (Centre of Science and Technology) in Khayelitsha to celebrate with learners as they received their individual...

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Western Cape #ClassOf2023 overcomes challenges to deliver great results

The Western Cape #ClassOf2023 has increased the matric pass rate again to 81.54%, despite facing an exceptionally challenging year, and we...

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