Nationalisation of textbooks in our lifetime, says ANC
SA's publishing industry had better prepare for deep and dire straits if the ANC's plan to nationalise the production of textbooks goes ahead.
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Preventing pupils' pregnant pause
Many South Africans say pregnant teens should stay home from school lest they "disturb the class", but activists are working hard to change attitudes.
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Court rules basic education department violated Constitution
The basic education department's failure to provide textbooks for several Limpopo schools violated the Constitution, a high court has ruled.
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The business of education
Leaders from industry have a vital role to play in helping to fix South Africa's failing schooling system, writes Louise van Rhyn.
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Fix SA education with teachers, not bureaucrats
Teachers must be placed at the centre of efforts to reform SA's ailing education system, delegates at national education conference have heard.
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University works on multifunctional, desirable toilet
A team of chemical engineers at UKZN is hard at work trying to develop a high-tech, multi-use toilet that people in the developing world will want.
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NGOs go to court to enforce intervention in Eastern Cape
NGOs have asked the Eastern Cape High Court to overturn Zuma's decision to withdraw a national intervention team in the province.
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Motshekga lays down the law for teachers
Basic Education Minister Angie says public school teachers have to go where they are sent if they want to remain employed.
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Private schools are not the answer
Capitalism and education do not mix: privatising all of South Africa's schools would only deepen the crisis, writes Andrew Verrijdt.
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'Most school governing bodies don't work'
Associations say the vast majority of school governing bodies are dysfunctional -- contradicting the state's suggestion of only 30% not functioning.
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