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Basic Education in South Africa takes place in primary and secondary level from Grade 1 (6 - 7-year-olds) to Grade 12 (18 - 20-year-olds). Students who succeed in Grade 12 graduate with a matriculation certificate, which enables them to transition to tertiary level education. [12]
1 July – President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils his cabinet made up of seven parties. [24] 10 July – Thirteen people, including 12 children, are killed in a school bus crash in Merafong, Gauteng. [25] 11 July – At least 4,500 people are displaced following storms in Cape Town that damage around 15,000 structures.
Alphendale High School. Beaconhurst High School. Cambridge High School. Clarendon High School for Girls. Hudson Park High School. Jonguhlanga Senior Secondary School. Merrifield College. Port Rex Technical High School. Selborne College.
The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...
In Kenya, for K-12 education, the calendar year starts in January and ends in November. The academic year is divided into 3 terms as follows: Term 1: Early January – Late March. Term 2: Early May – Late July. Term 3: Early September – Early/Mid November. April, August and December are usually school holidays.
Starting in 2024, a slow transition phrase to the old calendar began only for public schools, with private schools having the choice to either make the transition back or to maintain the Western-styled calendar. Public schools and those private schools who have opted to join them are expected to open in June and end in April by school year 2026-27.
QS World University Rankings ranked the top South African universities as follows (before 2010 the ranking was known as the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings): [34] QS World University 2006 to 2024 South Africa Rank. SA Rank. University. World Rank.
Matriculation in South Africa. In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. [1]