The Education Desk

Independent virtual newsroom hosted by the Henry Nxumalo Foundation, producing solution-driven journalism on education in South Africa.

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Welcome to the launch of @EdDeskSA

a new virtual newsroom focused on education journalism, accountability and change in South Africa’s schools.

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Disruptive primary school sewage seepage exposes service delivery failures in Khayelitsha
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‘A gamble on a child’s behalf’: non-compliant school kitchens are raising serious concerns about the safety of meals served to learners.

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The Department of Basic Education is seeking Treasury funding to keep 200,000 teacher aide jobs going.

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Lost or locked away? Inside a R686 million school tablet project that has raised questions about where the devices went and how the programme was managed.

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Eastern Cape has conceded that billions of rands in school underfunding were unlawful.

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Finland’s education minister hails the country’s school cellphone ban, saying break times are now “full of noise”.

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