When your Grade R child comes home from school, they can’t stop talking about the friends they made, games they played and the new things they learned that day. Some experts say this preschool class ...

With Grade R now fully integrated into formal schooling, the Basic Education Department demands minimum NQF Level 6 qualifications for all educators. A sizeable backlog of unqualified teachers must ...

Almost 900 Eastern Cape grade R teachers will soon have permanent government jobs, pending adoption of the new budget later in November. The teachers, currently on annual contracts without benefits, ...

The Department of Education has implemented the BELA Act, integrating Grade R into the schooling system and require Grade R teachers to upgrade their qualifications.

South Africa’s budget season has been dominated by political party grandstanding, masquerading as genuine engagement with the Budget. Amid these theatrics, one glaring issue has inexplicably fallen by ...

Grade R applications can be submitted online at: https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/admissions For admission to Grade R, a child must turn six in the year that the ...

While the Bela Act makes Grade R attendance compulsory, the National Treasury’s refusal to allocate additional funding leaves provinces struggling to deliver on the promise of universal early ...