by AfriForum | Dec 11, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
Today in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Judge Norman Davis ruled in favour of AfriForum, as well as the four matriculants, in the court application of the five co-applicants regarding the rewriting of the two final exam subjects. The court ruled that the...
by AfriForum | Dec 9, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements, Language Media statements
AfriForum regards the results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) of 2019 announced yesterday as a cause for grave concern. According to the study, the standard of students in Grades 5 and 9 in mathematics and science is still amongst...
by AfriForum | Dec 8, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has been presenting an extremely successful unprepared debate competition known as Dink of Sink for the past five years. However, the competition has this year been forced, like many other competitions as well, to exchange the...
by AfriForum | Dec 7, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is going to assist four matric learners on Wednesday 9 December 2020 in an urgent court application in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria to reverse the decision by Angie Motshekga, minister of basic education,...
by AfriForum | Nov 29, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
According to AfriForum, the chaotic and ineffective school placement process for the 2021 academic year in the Gauteng province is once again proof that the Department of Basic Education is not able to fulfil this function effectively and that the placement of...
by AfriForum | Nov 9, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum welcomed the Department of Basic Education’s announcement that matric learners who tested positive or display symptoms of COVID-19, will be allowed to write the final matric exams. This follows after the department initially announced that matrics with...
