Improved annual national assessment results impossible, say academics
- 07 Dec 2012 09:22 - Victoria John
- "If these results were true, it would mean we have improved more in a single year than Colombia did in 12 years from 1995 to 2007," experts said.
Vast improvements in pupils' national test results 'not possible'
- 07 Dec 2012 08:00 - Victoria John
- If the annual national assessments are to be believed, SA has the fastest developing education system in the world - a highly unlikely conclusion.
Motshekga blames maths marks for high failure, dropout rates
- 04 Dec 2012 08:42 - Sapa
- Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says low maths marks explain South Africa's failure and dropout rates in grades 10 and 11.
Simple language is the answer to 'difficult' assessment tests
- 08 Sep 2012 01:35 - Elizabeth Henning
- The use of terms that are at a level beyond the grasp of pupils is producing flawed results.
Literacy and numeracy can be enhanced
- 21 Mar 2012 11:23 - Thabo Mohlala
- Innovation and creativity are the key elements that can improve learners' reading and spelling.
Most public schools still lack workbooks
- 03 Feb 2012 00:22 - Bongani Nkosi
- Majority of public schools lagging behind due to the slow delivery of important workbooks.
Education policy roll out is haphazard, says Sadtu
- 28 Nov 2011 18:04 - Bongani Nkosi
- Teachers' union Sadtu has warned that teachers are becoming increasingly frustrated by the haphazard implementation of curriculum changes.
Why I still dream of rainbows
- 16 Sep 2011 00:00 - Murray Thomas
- One teacher's contribution to the essential conversation -- how to educate our children.
Dodge the swinging penises
- 08 Aug 2011 00:00 - David Macfarlane
- Presidential penises and lesbian theory are not natural bedfellows, but they've come to mind of late in the same unlikely context.
Bad results, even worse questions
- 03 Jul 2011 08:37 - David Macfarlane
- The surprise surely is that anyone is surprised. We report elsewhere on the appalling levels of literacy and numeracy among primary school children.
The damage schools do to children
- 01 Jul 2011 11:06 - David Macfarlane
- Is South African public schooling damaging some children's natural potential?
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Poverty damns SA's children to ignorance
- 29 Jun 2011 17:25 - Amanda Strydom
- SA's schools assessment shows how poor classroom performance is linked to poverty, and aggravated by curriculum chaos and inadequate district support.
Together step by step
- 08 Oct 2010 09:41 - Bobby Soobrayan
- Rebuilding education will have to be incremental and all will have to help.
