Education - Business Day
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“Johann Rupert leads donors’ charge against Stellenbosch University chair”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the claim about Johann Rupert's involvement in Stellenbosch University chair disputes.
“Donors wield influence in Stellenbosch leadership dispute”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or deny donor influence in Stellenbosch University leadership disputes.
“Budget 2026 | A bigger slice of pie for ECD feeding schemes”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Budget 2026 allocation details for ECD feeding schemes.
“School meals programme to receive above-inflation funding increase”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm funding increases for school meals programmes.
“Targeted investments boost Western Cape learners’ maths and language skills”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify links between targeted investments and improved academic outcomes in the Western Cape.
“Learners' improvements linked to specific budget for tackling Covid learning losses”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute attribution of learner improvements to a specific Covid learning loss budget.
“NSFAS welcomes R1.7bn recovered by SIU as boost for students”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify NSFAS's acknowledgment of SIU-recovered funds.
“Recouped funds to be redirected to public universities and TVET colleges for academic support”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm redirection of recouped funds to public universities and TVET colleges.
“AdvTech schools’ global best practice delivers impressive IEB results”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify claims about AdvTech schools' IEB results and global best practices.
“SPONSORED | Group outperforms the national IEB pass rate average, with several of its schools ranked among the country’s top 10 co-ed institutions”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the sponsored claim about school rankings and IEB performance.
“South African universities can only accommodate a fraction of school leavers”
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“Minister Siviwe Gwarube praised South Africa's top 40 matric achievers for their discipline and perseverance, emphasising that their success was earned through effort rather than privilege.”
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“SPONSORED | The Teneo Smart School System is effective for learners seeking to improve their marks while receiving full teacher support”
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“Despite an 88% pass rate, fewer pupils took maths and fewer passed”
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“Umalusi to stop issuing new N3 certificates from 2026”
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“Record number of applications highlights urgent need for financial aid”
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“Services Seta plans R3bn outlay to employ 20,000 interns”
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“Services Seta administrator vows accountability amid reforms”
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“IEB achieves 98.31% pass rate in 2025 matric exams”
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“Government receives lacklustre response to offer of student loans to the ‘missing middle’”
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“NSFAS to cover February-March upfront payments”
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“Seven Pretoria schools and 26 learners linked to matric exams breach”
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“Detection by trained markers confirmed the leak of three papers and a probe has begun”
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“Parliament urges vocational studies as universities feel strain”
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“NSFAS suggests lack of awareness accounts for paltry 12,000 applications”
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“Record matric pass rate masks decline in maths uptake and performance”
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“The education ROI: data shows smart schooling delivers a 12% ‘learning dividend’”
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