Dr Marianne Cronje’s office speaks volumes about her. From the framed pictures of her husband and two sons to the neatly stacked documents, everything points towards a woman who is extremely well organised. This serves the senior lecturer in the biochemistry department of the University of Johannesburg well as she juggles teaching and research.
The University of Venda has been awarded R380million by the department of education for extensive renovations to its run-down facilities, infrastructural developments at student residences and a shift in its programme offerings. ”The university will be completely transformed by 2010,” said acting vice-chancellor Dr Jim Leatt.
A Johannesburg-based teacher has come up with an affordable, user-friendly teaching and learning tool that could revolutionise the teaching and learning of spelling and maths while keeping children fit at the same time.
The government’s Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa has identified skilled artisans and vocational skills as critical for sustained economic growth. The new curriculum for further education and training colleges that will lead to National Certificate (Vocational) qualifications is a comprehensive and coordinated response to this skills development agenda.
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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.
Tachers have not come to grips with assessment yet – but it is not their fault, says Peliwe Lolwana, CEO of Umalusi, the council for quality assurance in general and further education.
The South African school principal of the future will have a special qualification in school management to prepare him/her for the job. The position will come with special conditions of service that mean if he/she does not perform, he/she can be removed from the position by the Department of Education.
The number 10 has many meanings. Tests, movies, sex appeal and performance in sports events are often scored out of ten. Gymnasts all aspire to repeat Nadia Comaneci’s achievement in 1976 when she became the first to score a perfect 10 in an Olympic event. Similarly, sprinters aspire to run 100m in under 10 seconds. […]
Maties has spoken. The university community has voted to ”take back” the university from those who want to allow English to creep too deep into the heart of Afrikanerdom. And some would see the university’s choice of four new council members as a first, small victory for ”neo-Afrikaners” .
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/ 22 February 2006
In this edition you will meet Patrick Sikhumbana, the inspirational principal of Meetse-a-bophelo Primary School, in Mamelodi, Pretoria, and his team of 60 plus teachers. Like most of you, they are miracle workers.