South Africa’s early childhood education sector is facing a critical juncture as new regulations under the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Act bring Grade R teaching into the formal schooling ...

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 ...

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 Basic Education has introduced a new minimum qualification requirement for Grade R teachers under the BELA Act The move has raised fears that thousands of experienced practitioners ...

Early Childhood Development (ECD) and grade R teachers staged a march to the Department of Basic Education offices on Struben Street on July 24. The reason for the march was that the group is not ...

In the past two months, Grade R teachers have twice marched through Cape Town to demand permanent employment in the public sector and placement on the Human Resource, Personnel and Salary System. Many ...

The Department of Basic Education will fund 7,000 Grade R practitioners to obtain teaching qualifications and become fully ...

According to Stats SA's 2024 midyear population estimates, there are 1.1 million five-year-olds in the country. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has revealed that South Africa needs ...