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Gwarube hails start of mother tongue-based assessments
Cape Argus
|November 25, 2025
MINISTER of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has welcomed the start of the historic Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTbBE) Grade 4 assessments in Natural Science and Technology and Mathematics. The Western Cape observes 187 schools offering Afrikaans, IsiXhosa, and Sesotho.
The Department of Basic Education confirmed a total of 11948 schools across all nine provinces are implementing Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education this year.
According to the department, these schools reflect the rich linguistic diversity of South Africa and demonstrate a national commitment to harnessing the power of language for educational success.
The provincial breakdown is as follows:
Eastern Cape: 3 860 schools offering Afrikaans, IsiXhosa, and Sesotho.
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 558 schools offering Afrikaans, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, and Sesotho.
Limpopo: 2 229 schools offering IsiNdebele, Tshivenda, IsiZulu, Sepedi, Setswana, and Xitsonga.
Mpumalanga: 768 schools offering Afrikaans, IsiNdebele, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, and Xitsonga.
Dit verhaal komt uit de November 25, 2025-editie van Cape Argus.
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