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/ 7 November 2006
As a facilitator who interacts with teachers regularly it has struck me how often our teachers are the victims of abuse. One of the activities that the Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) offers as part of a strategy towards HIV and Aids prevention and awareness is a workshop on violence against women exploring domestic violence.
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/ 7 November 2006
Every teacher should be competent in HIV/Aids education and skills by 2015. This was one of the resolutions reached following a three-day meeting held in Boksburg on Gauteng’s East Rand. About 40 delegates from Commonwealth countries attended. The aim of the event was to share ideas on how to address the growing negative impact of the HIV/Aids pandemic on the education sector.
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/ 7 November 2006
In 1994 I had the privilege of being seconded to a small school for deaf learners. Never in my wildest dreams could I foretell the impact it would make on all my colleagues and my life. We had only 18 learners then and we were four teachers of whom only the principal could speak sign language.
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/ 7 November 2006
Grade 11 learners will write a national examination at the end of next year as part of the national Department of Education’s efforts to prepare learners, teachers and parents for a “tougher” school-exit qualification. Schools will receive examples of what the examination, set by the department, would look like beforehand.
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/ 7 November 2006
The Open Learning Systems Education Trust (Olset) received a double boost for its ground-breaking initiative of using radio as a tool to support teachers and promote multilingualism in classrooms. Its interactive radio-learning series English in Action is broadcast to schools through the SABC’s regional radio stations.
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/ 7 November 2006
During her speech at the Multimedia and e-Education Conference held on April 6 this year, Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, said: “Our goal is to equip every manager, teacher and learner in general and further education and training with the knowledge and skills to use ICT confidently, creatively and responsibly by 2013.”
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/ 7 November 2006
Some learners make a bigger impression on you than others. Naledi was one of these. I met her at a secondary school in Soweto in 2002 where I was working on an HIV programme. Naledi was not the kind of person who waited for you to tell her what to do. In no time she had formed a small group of juniors to mentor and brought me an inspired poem one of them had written about the Aids virus.
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/ 7 November 2006
In June the Teacher published information about two agreements between the Department of Education and teachers’ unions that will affect the salaries of teachers and principals. The response to these articles from you, our readers, has been tremendous.
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/ 7 November 2006
South Africa’s new low earth orbiting satellite — to be launched into space from a submarine in Russia this December — has been named SumbandilaSAT.Sumbandila means “show the way” in Tshivenda.
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/ 7 November 2006
Tumi has life cover for her bond, but doesn’t have any other kind of risk cover, which could spell disaster for her family, should she become disabled or die. As combined breadwinner, Tumi shares the responsibility to secure her family’s financial independence with her husband. She must therefore ensure that she, like her husband, is covered against life’s major risks and unforeseen events.