Twenty-twenty-four was momentous for the education sector. After seven years of development, the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act has now ushered in the most comprehensive and significant changes to the regulation of the basic education sector since 1996. As the country and the education sector undergoes these policy and political changes, Zero Dropout Campaign […]
Tags: dropout, General Education Certificate, Department of Basic Education, matric, national senior certificate, NSC, BELA, Basic Education Laws Amendment Act
Posted on 21 January 2025 under Publications.
Recently, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) published its Annual Performance Plan for the next financial year. Of particular interest to the Zero Dropout Campaign in the plan is the implementation and progress of the new General Education Certificate (GEC) pilot. According to the DBE’s plan, “The GEC recognises formal learning that has occurred by […]
Tags: dropout, GEC, DBE, General Education Certificate, NEET, national senior certificate
Posted on 17 April 2024 under Press releases.
There has been debate whether the General Education Certificate (GEC) will, despite its intentions, inadvertently formalise the dropout phenomenon in South Africa, which is still at crisis level.
Tags: GEC, DBE, General Education Certificate, Department of Basic Education, matric, The Citizen, zdc, NEET, national senior certificate, NSC, dropout
Posted on 10 April 2024 under Zero Dropout in the News.
At the annual Basic Education Sector Lekgotla held recently, President Cyril Ramaphosa raised his concerns about South Africa’s learner dropout rate, which he said was “still unacceptably high”…
Tags: National Assembly, dropout, Legislation, DBE, Early Warning Toolkit, Department of Basic Education, matric, zdc, Cyril Ramaphosa, President Ramaphosa, basic education, BELA Bill, Basic Education Laws Amendment
Posted on 26 March 2024 under Press releases.