A new study shows that grade R classes have almost zero effect on the future performance of pupils in South Africa’s poorest schools. “The impact of grade R in South Africa is small and there ...

Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube announces the formal integration of Grade R practitioners into the basic education system, highlighting transitional measures for unqualified educators.

Grade R is managed within the broader context of early childhood development (ECD), as regulated by the Education White Paper 5 of 2021. ... To accommodate Grade R is an extensive exercise that must ...

More than a third of pupils who start grade R lack the necessary language, numeracy, and motor skills for their age, which means they start their schooling at an academic disadvantage. In a new study ...

One hour’s exercise each day can boost children’s GCSE results by a grade amid fresh evidence of a link between physical activity and academic achievement.