With Grade R now fully integrated into formal schooling, the Basic Education Department demands minimum NQF Level 6 ...

The Department of Education has implemented the BELA Act, integrating Grade R into the schooling system and require Grade R ...

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 ...

More than a third of pupils who start grade R lack the necessary language, numeracy, and motor skills for their age, which means they start their schooling at an academic disadvantage. In a new study ...

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 revealed that 7,294 unqualified Grade R practitioners are currently employed in public schools across South Africa’s nine provinces.

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 ...