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Education department failed to build or renovate schools in four provinces in 2023-24 financial year
Education
/ 26 November 2024

Education department failed to build or renovate schools in four provinces in 2023-24 financial year

Education department failed to build or renovate schools in four provinces in 2023-44 financial year

By Umamah Bakharia
We fail children living with disabilities
Article
/ 6 March 2020

We fail children living with disabilities

Despite commendable work and persistent battles, not enough
is being done for these learners

By Vanessa Japtha
South Africa treats special needs children as an aside
Article
/ 12 February 2020

South Africa treats special needs children as an aside

Many children with special needs have never seen the inside of a classroom, as there are no schools where they live that cater to them. It’s extremely disheartening, particularly as access to education is a constitutional right

By Bongekile Macupe
The silent struggle of special needs students in South Africa
Article
/ 11 October 2019

The silent struggle of special needs students in South Africa

A special education teacher’s reflections on teaching demonstrate that a nationwide effort is needed to ensure no learner is left behind

By James Nash
Excellence in Special Needs Teaching
Article
/ 8 March 2019

Excellence in Special Needs Teaching

‘Words cannot describe the emotions experienced by both learner and educator when a basic skill has been mastered’

By Thabo Mohlala
Blind schooling in ‘shocking’ state
Article
/ 11 June 2015

Blind schooling in ‘shocking’ state

It’s a national shame: our visually impaired children face appalling learning conditions.

By Tim Fish Hodgson
No place for disabled children in KZN’s rural schools
Article
/ 17 October 2014

No place for disabled children in KZN’s rural schools

A shortage of staff and dedicated educational facilities is depriving many with special needs of an education.

By Victoria John
Teaching that embraces difference
Article
/ 7 April 2014

Teaching that embraces difference

Education law and classroom mindsets are still not accommodating "disabled" pupils properly.

By Barbara Dale Jones
Disabled pupils’ hostel of horror
Article
/ 30 August 2013

Disabled pupils’ hostel of horror

It’s literally a case of the blind leading the blind at the crumbling Setotolwane special-needs school.

By Victoria John
Electricity theft places special-needs school in peril
Article
/ 2 August 2013

Electricity theft places special-needs school in peril

Illegal connections are sucking a special-needs school dry and endangering staff and pupils.

By Victoria John
Special needs an unrelenting fight
Article
/ 20 April 2012

Special needs an unrelenting fight

A mother has described the extremely difficult path her family walks daily, caring for a child with a severe form of a speech-planning disorder.

By Mia Malan

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