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Education: the missing piece of the puzzle?
Mon, 30 Jan 2012
A lot of emphasis has been placed on the education system and skills development, which has incidentally become one of the country's top priorities, but is education really the answer? Liza van Wyk talks about the role of education in society.MORE ARTICLES
Sadtu pens development plans for teachers
Fri, 13 Jan 2012
The training and development of educators has been listed as the number one priority in 2012 according to the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu). The union hopes to achieve this goal by implementing quality training programmes and addressing some of the ethical issues in the training of teachers.Police target bogus institutions
Wed, 11 Jan 2012
Illegitimate principals and directors running illegal educational institutions have been warned to come forward and legalise operations or face the wrath of the special investigative teams that will target and shut down unregistered facilities.MEC predicts 67% matric pass rate
Wed, 16 Nov 2011
The government aims to achieve a 67% matric pass rate which will result in a 10% improvement from last year and is working hard to ensure a smooth , incident free examination process in order to reach this target, according to MEC Reginah Mhaule.Volunteer drive to create free textbooks
Mon, 19 Sep 2011
South African schools are in desperate need of comprehensive Life Sciences textbooks that cover the new curriculum and SA Life Sciences educators will collaborate with interested educators to create free and open textbooks for 2012 in order to address this demand.Thousands benefit from over 200 ECD centres
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
The newly launched Early Childhood Development (ECD) awareness campaign has started bearing fruit, with more than 200 new centres being registered with thousands of children receiving subsidies.Renewed focus on SA teachers
Tue, 23 Aug 2011
The education department has started campaigning for fresh young talent to join the teaching profession through the Funza Lushaka Bursary initiative in an effort to strengthen the education system, and equip the South African labour market with the right skills.Ex-students pay fees through new fund
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has released its latest funding plan to help former students pay off university fees. The processes have been put in place through NSFAS in cooperation with the various public universities nationwide, who are now informing ex-students about this special fund.Manuel urges partnership
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel says a collective approach in government will be needed to address the inefficiencies in the country’s education system and other challenges raised in the diagnostic report of South Africa released by the National Planning Commission last month.SA education called into question
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
The quality of SA education has been called into question following Minister Angie Motshekga's release of the Annual National Assessment results. When only 3% of South African adults posses a university degree, how can education be used to combat unemployment?
Not just doom and gloom for South African youth
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Financial access to higher education has been boosted by the increase in funds provided by the State through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and students are being encouraged to consider careers in industries which have a shortage of workers, such as teaching and social work as special bursaries are available in these areas of study.NQF Levels
Fri, 24 Sep 2010
Saqa is responsible for running the National Qualifications Framework, or NQF. The NQF originally consisted of eight levels but was later increased to ten levels. The NQF levels run from Adult Basic Education and Training all the way up to doctoral degrees.True impact of violence on our education system
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Are you aware of the risks your children face everyday? Increasing violence in schools has become a worldwide trend and surveys performed across the globe indicate the high levels of danger teachers and pupils are exposed to once they enter school grounds.Technology the key to addressing crisis in SA schools
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
There is a crisis in South African schools due to limited access to information and textbooks. 'Open source online learning allows students and teachers alike to gather information freely, use it, change it, customise it - it is the ultimate teacher tool and teachers need to harness this available resource' - Professor Johannes Cronje.Education and innovation key factors in development
Sun, 19 Jun 2011
The future prosperity and well-being of a country and its citizens depends on how well it educates its children, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.
The minister said concerted effort needed to be made in improving participation and results in science, mathematics and technology, adding that children in both urban and rural schools must have the same access to these subjects.
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