Grade R learning or schooling for children under the age of 7 has always been optional in South Africa. But under a new Basic Education Law Amendment Bill, which will be published by the Department of ...
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 ...
Johannesburg - Early childhood development (ECD) is important for children, but parents have been warned against taking their children to Grade R too early. The Gauteng Education Department’s director ...
About half of the country’s grade R teachers are unqualified or underqualified — some without even a matric — mainly because the department of basic education has allowed them to be employed and ...