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Parents are children’s first teachers and they play a key role in shaping their children’s character.

This is according to Bophelong Psychiatric Hospital’s Clinical Psychologist Boitumelo Moses.

Moses spoke about the important role that parents should play in holistically supporting children of school-going age.

“Parental encouragement plays a crucial role in producing successful students. It is also important to realise that their role is not limited to the home but should include involvement in school activities too,” she explained.

People who are in possession of illegal guns can hand them over at their nearest police station without being arrested.

Minister of Police Bheki Cele declared a firearms amnesty from 1 December 2019 to 31 May 2020. The amnesty means anyone who voluntarily hands over an unlicensed or illegal firearm to the police will not be charged.

Minister Cele has urged gun owners to take advantage of the amnesty programme.

Learners are advised to approach each day of the schooling year as if they are writing an examination the next day.

This advice comes from the Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Dr Makgabo Reginah Mhaule, who said in order for learners to achieve desirable marks at the end of the year, they must start taking education seriously from the beginning of the first quarter.

Women who have experienced an ectopic pregnancy are well aware of the heartache that it causes, due to a positive pregnancy result in urine and blood tests.

This is according to Dr Bushy Mhlari, the Senior Registrar Ectopic Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, who explained that an ectopic pregnancy is not located in the cavity of the uterus, where a pregnancy is normally located.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated the class of 2019 on achieving an 81.3 percent matric pass rate which is the highest since the advent of democracy in 1994.

“These results are a triumph and a clear signal that government’s substantial investment in education, in pupil and teacher support and in educational infrastructure is yielding results,” said President Ramaphosa following the recent announcement of the national results of the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric exams.

The Class of 2019 matriculants are expected to be glued to their television screens tonight as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announces the national results of the 2019 National Senior Certificate matric exams.

The Independent Examinations Board (IEB) announced the private schools’ matric results at midnight last night.

The Basic Education Department will release the state National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric exam results this evening during a live broadcast from Vodaworld in Midrand, at 6pm.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will prioritise poor and vulnerable students in its 2020 funding allocation. 

This comes as the Scheme announced that it had received a record number of 543 268 first-time funding applications by the end of its application period on 30 November 2019. 

“We are happy to report that by November 30, 2019 the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) had received a record number of 543 268 first-time ever applications (prior year 428 929) by the closing date,” it said on Monday.

Entries are now open for the fourth Innibos National Craft Awards.

Launched in 2017, the competition last year attracted over 1 200 entries, up by over 400 entries from the inaugural competition.

The awards are organised by John-Anthony Boerma and Jan Bhuda of ArtAid Africa and are hosted under the auspices of the National Innibos Arts Festival.