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 ...

The implementation in South Africa of a compulsory Grade R year has the potential to boost access to quality education for thousands of children, allowing them to build strong foundations that will ...

A new study shows that grade R classes have almost zero effect on the future performance of pupils in South Africa’s poorest schools. “The impact of grade R in South Africa is small and there is ...

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 ...

KwaZulu-Natal will not accept Grade R pupils back at schools on Monday, the provincial education department said on Thursday. In a circular which provincial education department head Enock Nzama ...

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 ...

EXCITEMENT, nerves, and proud smiles filled classrooms across Durban, KwaZulu-Natal as thousands of Grade R and Grade 1 learners officially began their schooling journey for the 2026 academic year.

According to the department, this forms part of the provincial department’s commitment to expanding access to Grade R and boosting early learning in the Western Cape. “This is a major step forward and ...

Since previous minister of basic education Angie Motshekga promulgated the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (Bela Act) seven years ago, some organisations, political parties and individuals have ...