BASIC Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said Grade R practitioners will be formally integrated into the basic education system as educators once the provisions of Grade R in the Basic Education Laws ...

Play-based learning is essentially learning through play, which is crucial in early childhood development, especially for Grade R learners. According to US-Based research, The Serious Need for Play, ...

More than a third of pupils who start grade R lack the necessary language, numeracy, and motor skills for their age, which means they start their schooling at an academic disadvantage. In a new study ...

With Grade R now fully integrated into formal schooling, the Basic Education Department demands minimum NQF Level 6 qualifications for all educators. A sizeable backlog of unqualified teachers must ...

Since previous minister of basic education Angie Motshekga promulgated the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (Bela Act) seven years ago, some organisations, political parties and individuals have ...

The Department of Basic Education has introduced a new minimum qualification requirement for Grade R teachers under the BELA Act The move has raised fears that thousands of experienced practitioners ...

Almost 900 Eastern Cape grade R teachers will soon have permanent government jobs, pending adoption of the new budget later in November. The teachers, currently on annual contracts without benefits, ...

While the Bela Act makes Grade R attendance compulsory, the National Treasury’s refusal to allocate additional funding leaves provinces struggling to deliver on the promise of universal early ...