Education is getting its act right
- 18 Jan 2013 10:24 - Letters
- The first bad thing about the 2012 matric results is that 35% of the pupils failed completely.
Motshekga: No crisis in quality of education
- 03 Jan 2013 15:16 - Devereaux Morkel
- There is no crisis in the quality of education in Gauteng and South Africa, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has said.
IEB boasts 98.2% matric exam pass rate
- 29 Dec 2012 09:55 - Sapa
- A total of 98.2% of students who wrote the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations under the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) have passed.
Sadtu wants basic education's Soobrayan fired
- 12 Dec 2012 14:00 - Bongani Nkosi
- The South African Democratic Teachers' Union has indicated that knives would soon be out for department of basic education's Bobby Soobrayan.
First day of 2012 matric exams a success
- 23 Oct 2012 10:26 - Sapa
- Despite recent protests, floods and textbook delivery problems, more than 500 000 pupils sat for their first matric exam on Monday.
Education crisis: A boot camp far from home
- 19 Oct 2012 07:01 - Bongani Nkosi
- Northern Cape matrics, barred from their schools earlier this year, have been forced to relocate to a remote hostel, but there is a silver lining.
Marks that pass the grade
- 04 May 2012 10:19 - Mafu Rakometsi
- Umalusi expresses concern over the storm in the media and civil society regarding the standards of South African education.
Academically lost in translation
- 04 Nov 2011 15:15 - Judy Seligmann
- A new textbook for education students aims to ground them in the literacies of the academy.
Creating a second (and third) chance
- 18 Apr 2011 09:41 - Liz Burroughs
- Umalusi aims to implement new options for adults.
Matric: Umalusi reveals all - almost
- 23 Feb 2011 17:47 - Staff Reporter
- Startling findings emerged when the state's quality watchdog Umalusi revealed details about its controversial "standardisation" of the matric exams.
