The Department of Basic Education has flagged major pricing discrepancies after Fulu Publishers listed a classroom display at nearly R19 000, compared to R200 from Shuter & Shooter Publishers, raising concerns over excessive costs.

From one Limpopo company charging up to R19 000 for a teaching aid that may only cost R200, to a completely unknown publishing house based out of a Simons Town cottage that was handed 26% of the pie.
Glaring problems have since emerged in the Basic Education Department’s approvals, amounting to R1.6 billion, for the publication of new learning materials for grades one to three.

In this edition of The Lead, with all the details of these recent News24 exclusives, is our senior education journalist, Prega Govender.
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Plus, can you crack ‘Rauby’s Pointless Braai Quiz’?

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