A recent Daily Maverick article (15 January 2026) on the stumbling blocks of compulsory Grade R highlights a painful truth: ...

Compulsory Grade R legislation in South Africa, effective from 2025, aims to enhance early education access. However, ...

Grade R classrooms must have no more than 30 pupils per teacher, while those from Grade 1 to Grade 12 are capped at 40 pupils per teacher, according to the draft regulations. Basic Education Minister ...

BASIC Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said Grade R practitioners will be formally integrated into the basic education system as educators once the provisions of Grade R in the Basic Education Laws ...

THE Key Foundation built a Grade R classroom for the 1000 Hills Community Helpers in Inchanga. The 1000 Hills Community Helpers project was established in 1989 to cater for the needs of the Inchanga ...

The first day of 'big school' is a momentous occasion. The cute uniform, the huge school bag, the nervous excitement and of course the doorstep 'first day of school' photoshoot... But before this ...

Following an electrical fault that resulted in two classrooms at Katlehong Primary School burning down, T-Systems South Africa stepped in to assist the school to recover from the damage. The initial ...

The Department of Basic Education has revealed that 7,294 unqualified Grade R practitioners are currently employed in public schools across all nine provinces in South Africa, and that only 2,121 of ...

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, ...