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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
09 Nov 2012 21:56 - Ismail Lagardien: COMMENT Too much emphasis on money and maintaining the status quo is defeating the point of education.
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.
27 Jul 2012 09:41 - Victoria John But the education department is digging in its heels over the appointment of non-teaching staff.
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.
13 Jul 2012 13:13 - Victoria John NGOs baffled by education department's delay tactics in 18-month-old saga.
13 Jul 2012 12:33 - Victoria John A pupil laments the horrific conditions at his rural Eastern Cape school.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.