National Reforms in School Education

2025

In February 2025, changes were made to the framework legislation on compulsory schools, making it mandatory for all schools to conduct standardized obligatory testing of core subjects three times in the 10 year compulsory school stage period. The changes of the legislation allows for the use of a new assessment scheme, named Matsferill, which will serve as a toolkit for pupils, teachers and schools to monitor progress and improve students’ learning and academic performance and has the overarching goal of bringing assessment tools closer to the users, as well as to serve as a school development tool.

 2024

On April 1, 2024, Act No. 91/2023 established the Directorate of Education and School Services, replacing the former Directorate of Education. The new entity operates as a service institute with the overall aim of providing comprehensive support to schools and teachers nationwide. It will also play a key role in implementing pending school services legislation.  The new directorate’s operation is underpinned by the 2021 Prosperity Act (Act 86/2021). As the previous directorate, the new directorate will offer schoolchildren nationwide modern schoolbooks and testing materials, but amongst novelties is that it will provide hands-on approach to schools with pupils in need. 

2023

There were no major reforms.