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SAFETY FIRST: The Eastern Cape department of education is allowing schools that are not ready in terms of safety preparedness to open to other grades today, until July 20 to do so Image: SAMORN TARAPAN/123rf.com
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MEC urges unprepared EC schools not to reopen to other grades

The Eastern Cape department of education issued a statement on Sunday evening stating special instructions were sent to unprepared schools across the province not to allow pupils aside from Grade 7 and matrics back today. The statement…

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EC SCHOOLS

No food for Eastern Cape pupils after education department bungle

A blunder by the Eastern Cape education department has seen thousands of pupils go hungry at 35 primary schools. The department mistakenly declared the schools closed as part of its rationalisation programme‚ but the schools are still…

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