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Most public schools still lack workbooks

5 comment(s) | Majority of public schools lagging behind due to the slow delivery of important workbooks.

Language denied means citizens ignored

1 comment(s) | The government has to adopt a language policy for schools that promotes true multilingualism in South Africa.

Championing education as we did the World Cup

0 comment(s) | If we were able to rise to the occasion of football's greatest spectacle, surely we should be able to focus the same energy in improving education.

NW Uni offended by Blade's initiation suggestion

2 comment(s) | The University of the North West has denied the event where a student drowned is linked to any initiation process, saying it was a "social event".

Univen hosts career day for rural learners

0 comment(s) | The University of Venda will provide learners in rural areas with career and study counselling next week.

Education committee adamant on no financial exclusions

0 comment(s) | The National Assembly's higher education and training committee says no university can exclude academically deserving students on financial grounds.

Motshekga urges parents' involvement in schools

1 comment(s) | Education Minister Angie Motshekga has urged parents to make themselves available for nomination in the 2012 school governing body elections.

Thembelihle pupils locked out of schools yet again

1 comment(s) | The Gauteng education department are dragging their feet to get pupils living in Thembelihle into schools in Lenasia.

Black access to varsity: What’s the full story?

28 comment(s) | Enrolment numbers alone do not reveal whether equitable access to university has improved.

'Most school governing bodies don't work'

4 comment(s) | Associations say the vast majority of school governing bodies are dysfunctional -- contradicting the state's suggestion of only 30% not functioning.
Learning in many tongues:
Learning in many tongues: An English-only or even English-mainly route does not suit South Africa because most of its population is multilingual. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G) Read more

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