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The Department of Basic Education has gazetted draft revised history Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) for Grades 4 to 12, with the public comment period extended to 30 May 2026. The Department of Basic Education has published draft regulations for the management of learner pregnancy, prohibiting punitive actions and requiring schools to implement specific support frameworks. The Department of Basic Education has published two sets of draft regulations regarding learner admissions and school infrastructure capacity, with the public comment period extended to 5 January 2026. The Department of Basic Education has provided an update to the National Assembly regarding the timeline for drafting regulations and implementation guidelines under the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, 2024. The Department of Higher Education and Training has invited public comment on the draft Higher Education & Training Further Amendments Bill, with a deadline of 15 September 2025.
Modern schooling has been desribed as a 12 year sentence without trial. The school curricula cannot cover the vast number of learning possibilities to which young people could be exosed. In this article, Eustace Davie of the Free Market Foundation proposes an alternative system that would substantially improve the outcome from our massive investment in education and provide work for the 9 million people currently unemployed in SA.
RW Johnson argues that the funding crisis at universities is due in large measure to the culture of appeasement and political correctness that has enveloped the university management. A little more backbone from the management would have gone a long way to staving off the campus crises we are now witnessing.
US academic Walter Williams tells us what is happening on college campuses, and it isn't pretty: safe spaces for every perceived victim, segregation according to race and gender identity in the name of "diversity", and the leeching of political prejudice into biology, physics and history. With this, of course, comes a shut down in free debate and the death of academic discourse. God help the employers who have to deal with this wounded lot when and if they finally graduate. 
An examination of matric results by the Institute of Race Relations shows whites scoring higher marks than other race groups. This suggests not nearly enough has been done to deliver quality education to black South Africans, according to the Institute. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Acts Online. Acts Online accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the article, nor does the information contained herein constitute advice, legal or otherwise.
