The private sector needs to help government in giving poor students access to tertiary education, President Jacob Zuma said at a talk at Wits.
Principals have been given a year to fix their severely flawed administrative systems.
Contrary to a university statement saying outgoing vice-chancellor Prof Nthabiseng Ogude resigned early, the council says she was forced to leave.
Professor Nthabiseng Ogude has resigned as vice-chancellor of Tshwane University of Technology.
Now the department is running at an inadequate capacity and is unable to perform all its functions.
The education department believes that if the country’s skills base is to expand, college graduates should be given credit for their diplomas.
Mpumalanga has replaced 14 substandard rural schools with two state-of-the-art institutions.
As the 2014 matric examinations approach, education quality council Umalusi has said it is ‘satisfied’ with the quality of exam paper markers.
Storm of opposition greets the government’s plan of ?‘one book per subject, per grade, per language’.
Ways to create cheaper learning materials are being probed, but there are stumbling blocks.