{"id":16937,"date":"2025-08-13T16:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g20.org\/?post_type=g20-media&#038;p=16937"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:31:59","slug":"basic-education-minister-ms-siviwe-gwarube-and-free-state-education-mec-dr-mj-maboya-to-address-free-state-g20-provincial-education-indaba","status":"publish","type":"g20-media","link":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/g20-media\/basic-education-minister-ms-siviwe-gwarube-and-free-state-education-mec-dr-mj-maboya-to-address-free-state-g20-provincial-education-indaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Education Minister Ms Siviwe Gwarube and Free State Education MEC Dr MJ Maboya to Address Free State G20 Provincial Education Indaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Education Minister Ms Siviwe Gwarube and Free State Education MEC, Dr MJ Maboya, will on Thursday 14 August host the Free State G20 Provincial Education Indaba.<\/p>\n<p>This flagship event, held under the <em>theme <strong>\u2019Enhancing Educational Outcomes for a Sustainable Future,\u2019 <\/strong><\/em>the Free State Education Indaba serves as a response to President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s recent call for public involvement in the G20 discussions, focusing on the education agenda for the 2025 summit which will focus on two critical priorities, namely:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Early Childhood Care and Education: Quality foundational learning for a strong start. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Professional Development: Empowering teachers for a changing world. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Roughly 400 delegates, including inter alia, international guests from G20 and SADC countries, academics, senior government officials, SGBs, teachers\u2019 unions, and private sector partners, are expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Members of the Media are invited to attend the Indaba and will be afforded interviews with the Minister and MEC as follows: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: Tomorrow, <\/strong>Thursday, 14 August 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Boet Troskie Hall Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 08h00 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Media is cordially invited to attend and cover the event. This will be a unique opportunity to engage with key stakeholders and capture the discussions shaping the future of education in the Free State and the country at large.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enquiries: Terence Khala \u2013 081 758 1546 (Basic Education) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Howard Ndaba \u2013 0795035485 (FS DOE)<\/p>\n<p>Sibusiso Majola &#8211; (071) 983-8233 (FS DOE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"g20-media":[55],"class_list":["post-16937","g20-media","type-g20-media","status-publish","hentry","g20-media-media-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/g20-media\/16937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/g20-media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/g20-media"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/g20-media\/16937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16939,"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/g20-media\/16937\/revisions\/16939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"g20-media","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admwebdev.eservices.gov.za\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/g20-media?post=16937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}