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Pupils in the two grades will write tests set by the schools – as the common tests, which are set by the provinces, will not be administered this year.Image: 123RF/dolgachov
10 AND 11 PUPILS

Schools will set tests instead of exams for grades 10 and 11 in Covid-hit year

The department of basic education has scrapped this year’s final exams for grade 10 and 11 pupils and replaced them with “controlled” tests. Previously the promotion of grade 10 and 11 pupils to the next grade was largely dependent on the…

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A teacher who allegedly locked a young boy in a school strongroom in Mpumalanga has been arrested. File photo.Image: 123RF/ Pitak Areekul
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Cops arrest teacher who ‘forgot’ about grade 1 boy trapped in strongroom overnight

Mpumalanga’s education department confirmed on Sunday that a Witbank teacher who was suspended for allegedly locking a grade 1 learner in a strongroom overnight has been arrested. Department spokesperson Jasper Zwane said the 30-year-old…

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