Statement by Cameron Dugmore, MEC for Education in the Western Cape, on the presentation of the Annual Report 2005/06 of the WCED to the Standing Committee on Education. Read More
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will soon announce a comprehensive media advocacy campaign as part of its Literacy and Numeracy strategy, to try and make parents understand and accept that mother-tongue education is best, but that a... Read More
A leading Western Cape Education Department (WCED) Engineering and Technology Focus School is celebrating the donation of a Hot Metal Workshop to the value of R250,000.00, which will form part of government's bid to address the skills shortages in... Read More
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is fully prepared for the 62,251 learners who have entered to write the Senior Certificate Examinations this year, and it is all systems go. Read More
It is not only external threats, which result in school- based violence, but the attitude and behaviour of our learners and educators as well. Read More
A 100% pass rate in Physical Science for the past five years in an African, rural school in an impoverished community. Read More
The concept of a School Business Manager as a dedicated individual who is able to manage human resources, budget, infrastructure and provisioning issues at school can bring greater efficiency in the running of the school, and can add massive value... Read More
As part of Premier Rasool's Siyabulela ("Giving Thanks") deliverables the Provincial Department of Health in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Education, and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO's) will celebrate the success of its Peer... Read More
Twenty learners will, on Thursday 7 September 2006, receive awards after slugging it out in a tough competition in a logic-based placement puzzle game, called Sudoku. Read More
A month-long cultural festival of dance, song, writing, chorals and drama will tonight culminate in showcasing the best schools' performances from among 85 items delivered by 65 schools, performed by over 2,500 learners. Read More
Deputy Minister of Education Enver Surty will visit two Dinaledi schools in the Western Cape tomorrow (Friday 08 September 2006) with Western Cape MEC for Education Cameron Dugmore and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sue van der Merwe, in her... Read More
The key challenge for education remains to ensure that every school is able to deliver the National Curriculum Statement, giving every learner the opportunity to develop their full potential. Read More
I am pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row now the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will increase the total number of teaching posts in the province by 500 next year to 30,872 at a cost of R83.5m. Read More
Thousands of learners have opened their hearts to their school communities and upgraded their surroundings in the week of the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) Community Schools Initiative week (14 - 18 August), which is the first-ever, as... Read More
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has every intention of supporting both teachers and Grade 10 learners to perform better by the end of 2006. So said Education MEC Cameron Dugmore in response to a question in the Provincial Legislature... Read More
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will on Wednesday 16 August help children, teachers and parents plant seeds for the vegetable garden of the Kenmere Primary School in Kensington (08h00). Read More
'Adopting' an informal settlement; cleaning up the neighbourhood; repairing vandalised school buildings; a special treat for the elderly; pampering nurses; parents reading to their children, teachers visiting the homes of absent learners;... Read More
The training of 900 pre-school teachers throughout the province will lead to significant improvement in the quality of early childhood development (ECD), and boost the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. Read More
Infrastructural measures can assist with crime control, but they are not the ultimate solutions. We need to develop sustained crime prevention structures and strategies as well as improve the socio-economic conditions in the high risk school... Read More
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is working with various role-players in the engineering industry, to develop in-service training programmes for teachers who teach mathematics, science, technology and related subjects in Grades 10 to 12. Read More