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Ask the right questions

Ask the right questions

10 May 2013 00:00 - COMMENT Graeme Bloch
South Africa must do more to overcome the challenges that teachers and learners face in maths and science education.
Teachers can't teach, report shows

Teachers can't teach, report shows

06 May 2013 09:17 - Sapa
Pupils are not taught to think, to solve problems or to read independently because most of their teachers do not know how to teach these skills.
Bring back professionalism in the classroom

Bring back professionalism in the classroom

05 Apr 2013 00:00 - Letters
Better rewards for teachers must be accompanied by better results in the classroom, says Public service and administration minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
M&G Hangout: EC schools left in the dark

Video | M&G Hangout: EC schools left in the dark

08 Mar 2013 16:29
We speak to our education reporter about her experience in the Eastern Cape where too few teachers and appalling toilets seem to have become the norm.
M&G Hangout: Should education be an essential service?

Video | M&G Hangout: Should education be an essential service?

08 Feb 2013 16:14
We chat to our education reporters about the ANC’s announcement to make education an essential service: what does this mean and will it have any real effect?
Lecturers should take their role as teachers seriously

Lecturers should take their role as teachers seriously

09 Nov 2012 21:56 - Ismail Lagardien: COMMENT
Too much emphasis on money and maintaining the status quo is defeating the point of education.
Sadtu condemns badly behaving teachers

Sadtu condemns badly behaving teachers

28 Oct 2012 15:17 - Sapa
The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) has stated that teachers must be on time, on task, thoroughly prepared and behave professionally.
Eastern Cape schools win deal to fill teacher posts

Eastern Cape schools win deal to fill teacher posts

27 Jul 2012 09:41 - Victoria John
But the education department is digging in its heels over the appointment of non-teaching staff.

Give us teachers room to teach

13 Jul 2012 13:54 - Vanette van Huyssteen
Teachers need the space to study, revise, prepare and create good teaching material instead of dedicating so much time to "senseless administration.
Vacant teacher posts case 'not urgent'

Vacant teacher posts case 'not urgent'

13 Jul 2012 13:13 - Victoria John
NGOs baffled by education department's delay tactics in 18-month-old saga.
Poorly performing schools 'slip through the cracks'

Poorly performing schools 'slip through the cracks'

13 Jul 2012 12:33 - Victoria John
A pupil laments the horrific conditions at his rural Eastern Cape school.
A well-educated, skilled and highly developed citizenry

A well-educated, skilled and highly developed citizenry

06 Jun 2012 11:06 - Staff Reporter
Below is a shortened version of the Budget Speech presented by MEC Senzo Mchunu on behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education.
The man with the plan

The man with the plan

06 Jun 2012 09:38 - Staff Reporter
Senzo Mchunu is a hands-on man who is very realistic about the immense challenges that his department faces.
Corporal punishment will not be tolerated, says MEC

Corporal punishment will not be tolerated, says MEC

05 Jun 2012 15:26 - Sapa
KwaZulu-Natal education minister Senzo Mchunu has warned teachers who used corporal punishment to discipline pupils that they could lose their jobs.
Opposition parties slate Zuma's SONA, but only just

Opposition parties slate Zuma's SONA, but only just

15 Feb 2012 11:51 - Andisiwe Makinana
Although opposition parties criticised President Jacob Zuma's acceptance of education and employment statistics, they were less scathing this year.

South Africa desperate for skilled teachers

21 Sep 2011 19:45 - Nickolaus Bauer
A new reveals Centre for Development and Enterprise report shows severe issues in the education, experience and management of teachers.
Pinpointing personal values

Pinpointing personal values

26 May 2011 16:05 - John Demartini
If a teacher is able to communicate with each child through his or her chief values in life, miracles can be achieved, writes John Demartini.
Use maths skills or lose them

Use maths skills or lose them

25 May 2011 16:08 - Aarnout Brombacher
Do not expect children to be able to do next year what they can do today if they don't get a chance to practice what they learn.

The loss of a great teacher

03 Apr 2011 12:01 - Heather Broodryk
I arrived halfway through the year and was slotted in as a register teacher to an unruly group of grade six learners, writes Heather Broodryk.

The power of inspiration

03 Apr 2011 11:27 - Thabo Mohlala
Dr John Demartini draws on his personal experiences to help teachers discover and nurture their pupils' potential, writes Thabo Mohlala.

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