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South Africa won the Test and ODI series, 3-0 and 5-0 respectively, while Sri Lanka won the T20I series 1–2. 1 January – President Jacob Zuma hosts the annual Indlamu dance festival . "The essence of the festival is to mark the beginning of the new year and to promote indigenous culture and heritage."
Some home schools and private schools offer the option to complete an additional year after grade 12, sometimes known as grade 13 or "post-matric". The South African governmental school system does not have a grade 13 yet, but it forms part of non-South African curriculums that are sometimes followed by private schools in South Africa. [16]
Schools are open 5 days a week, but all children have a half day on Wednesdays (ending at noon). At the end of primary school, in group 8, schools advise on secondary school choice. Most schools use a national test to support this advice, for instance the 'Citotoets', a test developed by the Central Institute for Test development.
The South Africa academic calendars starts in mid-January and ends in early December. The academic lesson for the school year ends in mid-October with final examination taking place from late-October to late-November. The learners usually stop attending class after their last exam.
In secondary school (middle school or high school) end of Academic term is before Middle School Exam in late June, or Baccalaureat, in mid-June. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, pupils have a full day of teaching from around 8:30 a.m. until around 4:30 p.m.
2017 in South African television; 2017–2018 South African listeriosis outbreak; C. Cape storm (2017) Cape Town water crisis; Murder of Hannah Cornelius; E. Eastern ...
Altogether, at least 60.1 million children in Africa benefit from school meal programs, reaching about 21% of school-age children on the continent. School feeding coverage is greatest in southern Africa and least in central Africa. [94] From 2017 to 2020, these school meal programs expanded in a majority of African countries. [95]
Pretoria Boys High School (colloquially known as "Boys High") is a public, tuition-charging, English-medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Brooklyn in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, founded in 1901 by Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.