The Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) announcement that more than 2,400 teaching jobs would be cut has left everyone from parents to teacher unions and activists up in arms. The department ...

Wesley Neumann, the principal of Heathfield High School, faces a daunting legal battle against the Western Cape Education ...

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said it was ramping up infrastructure investment to address growing learner numbers and financial constraints, as enrolment across provincial schools ...

The WCED dismissed Heathfield High School principal Wesley Neumann during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic for refusing to ...

The ANC accuses the Western Cape Education Department of undermining parliamentary oversight by failing to submit key ...

The department says this admission window only caters for Grades 1 and 8 and that a second window will open for Grade R, Grades 9 to 12, and transfers in the second admissions window between 1 August ...

The Department briefed the Provincial Standing Committee on Education on Tuesday on its Annual Performance Plan for 2025/2026 and its Strategic Plan. CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Education Department ...

We recently wrote about Western Cape-based pupils who had been left traumatised after school screenings of violent films. (Read the full story here). One learner, a 13-year-old girl found a school ...

The Western Cape High Court has ordered the provincial education department to develop a proper management plan within six months to deal with late school admissions. The court found “glaring ...

The Western Cape Government has urged parents and guardians to submit applications for the 2024 school year. As of 5 April, the Western Cape Education Department had received 103 796 applications.