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2010/08/18

B Creecy to announce contingency plans ahead of public service strike, 18 Aug

The Gauteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy will brief members of the media on the department's contingency plans in view of the public service strike. We urge learners to continue going to school.

Details of the media briefing are as follows:

Date: 18 August 2010
Time: 09h00
Venue: 10th floor, 111 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg

To RSVP please contact:
Thebe Khumalo
Tel: 011 355 0225
Cell: 083 5455 259

Oageng Pitoro
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2010/06/01

B Creecy: Gauteng Education Prov Budget Vote 2010/11

As a result, district offices tend to focus on compliance instead of providing the support schools and teachers really require.District officials who work with individual school managers, the institutional development and support officers, often have insufficient time to really get to know and understand their schools. The MST Strategy will ensure distribution and use of innovative modes of delivery in schools, as well as the provision of basic MST resources to all schools. To further ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/31

B Creecy to present Gauteng Education budget vote, 1 Jun

Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy will deliver her departmental 2010/11 budget speech at the Gauteng legislature on Tuesday, 1 June 2010.MEC Creecy will address a press conference at 10h00 with an embargo for 12h00.In her speech, MEC Creecy will highlight her plans around maths, science and technology strategy, language and literacy strategy plus the school safety strategy.Details of the event are as follows:Date: 1 June 2010
Time: 12h00
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2010/05/27

D Hanekom and B Creecy to launch Science of Soccer Exhibition, 28 May

The Deputy Minister for Science and Technology Mr Derek Hanekom and the Gauteng MEC for Education Ms Barbara Creecy will launch the Science of Soccer Exhibition, the world s first completely soccer-themed science exhibition. The launch will take place at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown Johannesburg on Friday, 28 May.Eleven hands-on, feet-on, minds-on exhibits custom built in South Africa will be opened to the public at the launch this Friday. All media are invited to play ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/26

B Creecy to meet various private sector companies, 27 May

The Gauteng MEC for Education, Ms Barbara Creecy, will be hosting a breakfast meeting, at Gallagher Convention Centre, on Thursday, 27 May 2010. MEC Creecy will be meeting with various private sector companies to discuss the plans of the department and how they can play a role in strengthening education.Details of the event are as follows:Date: 27 May 2010
Time: 07h00
Venue: Gallagher Convention CentreRSVP:
Thebe Khumalo
Tel: 011 355 0225
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2010/04/22

N Mokonyane and B Creecy to meet with Magaliesburg community, 24 Apr

Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane together with Education MEC Barbara Creecy will have a consultative meeting with the community of Magaliesburg on Saturday, 24 April 2010, which will discuss the ways of offering better learning conditions and promoting excellence around the area.Intentions of putting in place various structures enabling learners from farms and rural areas to be accommodated in establishments far away from their parents and homes by the Gauteng Department of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/12

B Creecy assess progress of Holiday School Improvement programme at Badirile School

A surprise oversight visit was recently paid to Badirile Secondary in Khutsong, Carletonville by Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy. I also wanted you to help the department in encouraging parents to ensure that learners go to school and do their homework and check their progress," said MEC Creecy.During the class visit at Badirile Secondary, MEC Creecy told the learners that her department was mandated by Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga to improve grade 12 ... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/09

B Creecy on matric exams preparations

The national final matric exams may be some seven months away, but Gauteng schools are already making preparations.The MEC for Education in Gauteng, Barbara Creecy said the department had introduced the school holidays programme to make sure that school holidays were effectively and fruitfully used by learners.MEC Creecy said: "Due to last year's matric bad results, the department has started having school holidays programme as foundation the year end exams. The purpose of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/30

B Creecy on faith based organisations in education

Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy recently met various leaders of faith based organisations at Sacred Heart College in observatory. I'm also concerned about the quality of teaching and the lack of standardised lesson plans and practical assignments and tasks, commented MEC.Reverend Gift Moerane from the South African Council of Churches (SACC) said that the call by Gauteng Department of Education clearly showed that religion still played a major part in the circles of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/18

N Mokonyane and B Creecy to meet faith based organisations, 23 Mar

Gauteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy is inviting all religious leaders to a Religious Leaders Seminar to discuss how the faith based community can assist learners, teachers and parents to focus on ensuring that we achieve a major renewal of our education system and the skills needs of our developing society.Premier Nomvula Mokonyane will give a keynote address.Faith based organisations who are interested in attending are kindly requested to contact the following officials... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/12

B Creecy urges retired educators to assist schools

The Gauteng Department of Education plans to roll out an initiative to employ retired teachers and principals to address challenges facing underperforming schools.Addressing a seminar in Midrand, MEC Barbara Creecy said problems in education needed to be urgently addressed. It was a major concern that in 15 years of democracy on average 80 percent of pupils had not matriculated in Gauteng, Barbara Creecy told a packed auditorium of retired teachers.The MEC said they ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/10

B Creecy to attend memorial service of drag race victims, 8 Mar

The Gauteng MEC for Education Ms Barbara Creecy will attend a memorial service to be hosted in memory of the four learners who lost their lives on Monday, 8 March 2010 during the accident in Protea, Soweto.Details are as follows:
Date: 11 March 2010
Time: 14h00
Venue: Protea South Community Hall, Protea (Soweto)For more information contact:
Charles Phahlane
Tel: 011 355 1530
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2010/03/08

B Creecy to meet retired teachers, 11 Mar

The Gauteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy is inviting retired teachers and principals to a retired teacher s seminar that will be held at Gallagher Estate on 11 March 2009.The seminar will involve teachers who taught in mathematics, science, accounting, technology, English second language, geography and biology. Those interested in volunteering a portion of their time will be registered on a database that the department can draw upon when needed.The department recognises ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/05

B Creecy to hand over multi-purpose court, 5 Mar

The Gauteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy will today 5 March 2010 attend the official hand over of a Multi-Purpose court at Sefikeng Primary school in Lonehill. The court will be used for netball and tennis by learners and community members.The school has a learner enrolment of 400 from grade one to eight and last year received a pass rate of 95 percent. The multi-purpose centre is a result of a partnership with the private sector to contribute to the improvement of our school ... [highlighted result]

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2010/02/25

B Creecy on education improvement strategies

In line with the national priority to improve maths and science education, the Gauteng Education Department has developed a revised comprehensive maths, science and technology education improvement strategy.This maths, science and technology strategy is the result of wide consultations with school principals and teachers, departmental officials, universities and local experts in maths and science education. Speaking during a media briefing at the Gauteng legislature, the province s ... [highlighted result]

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2010/02/23

B Creecy: Programme of Action following State of the Province Address

This year, the Gauteng Department of Education will focus on improving learner performance in schools. While some progress has been recorded, particularly as regards the number of learners in schools in disadvantaged communities who study maths and science, the goals of quality teaching, learning and achievement in these critical subjects have not been achieved.In line with the national priority to improve maths and science education, the Gauteng Department of Education has ... [highlighted result]

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2010/02/09

B Creecy to open administration block at Tshebedisano Primary School, 9 Feb

Gauteng MEC for Education, Ms Barbara Creecy will tomorrow open and handover an administration block at Tshebedisano Primary School in Pimville, Soweto. The handover will take place in the afternoon.In the morning from 10h00, parents together with Gauteng Department of Education officials and members of the community and faith based organisations will participate in a clean-up of the school.Details of the handover are as follows:
Date: 9 February 2010
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2010/02/09

B Creecy hands over new administration block to Tshebedisano Primary School

In the morning before the official handover parents together with Gauteng Department of Education officials and members of the community and faith based organisations embarked on a clean-up operation at the school.The partnership between Tshebedisano Primary School and The Star Teach Fund is an effort to improve the quality of education in townships. The children are happy and the teachers are motivated. MEC Creecy challenged educators at the school to produce good results at the ... [highlighted result]

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2010/01/28

B Creecy opens hall and resource centre at Tshepana

Gauteng Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education, Barbara Creecy, handed over an integrated school hall at Tshepana Primary in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg on Thursday.Accompanied by Imperial Holdings Chairperson, Thulani Gcabashe, Imperial and its Ukhamba Community Development Trust built the integrated school hall at a cost of R3.5 million. We can only succeed if we work from school to school, classroom to classroom, educator to educator, and learner to learner ... [highlighted result]

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2010/01/18

B Creecy on Gauteng schools' new recruits

Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy reiterated that her department was ready to welcome more than two million learners expected to enter the educational system this year.MEC Creecy was speaking at the media briefing of School Readiness and Clean up campaign at Bokamoso Secondary in Tembisa, north of Johannesburg. This would ensure that these problems are corrected, MEC Creecy explained.MEC Creecy further explained that last year officials from her department visited ... [highlighted result]

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