When your Grade R child comes home from school he can’t stop talking about the friends he made, games he played and new things he learnt during the day. Some experts say this pre-school education lays ...
The implementation in South Africa of a compulsory Grade R year has the potential to boost access to quality education for thousands of children, allowing them to build strong foundations that will ...
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 ...
A recent Daily Maverick article (15 January 2026) on the stumbling blocks of compulsory Grade R highlights a painful truth: policy is moving faster than implementation, and children are paying the ...
Grade R applications can be submitted online at: https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/admissions For admission to Grade R, a child must turn six in the year that the ...
Among issues under the spotlight heading into the 2026 school year is the implementation of a compulsory Grade R year in the foundation phase, in line with the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) ...