Edwin Naidu discovers that for kids numbers fail to add up “I hate maths,” is the constant refrain from Brenwin, our eight-year-old who started grade three last month. His face lights up when one mentions reading or cars, particularly Mercedes McLaren and dethroned world champion Mika Hakkinen. However, when the subject turns to addition, subtraction […]
Edwin Naidu spoke to Minister of Education Kader Asmal, about how his plans have been shaping up It is not difficult to notice why Kader Asmal was nicknamed ‘The Bee†during his schooldays. He swarms around, buzzing with enthusiasm, moving swiftly from one idea to the next, sometimes not completing his train of thought. In […]
When parents send their children to schools, they are putting them under the direct stewardship of the principal and his team of educators. Parents, many of whom have to run the home and also be breadwinners, expect their children to be in good hands while at school. Therefore, it is alarming to find that there […]
Children or adults going on the rampage firing bullets at learners in the United States has been commonplace over the past few years. Shootings involving pupils in the United Kingdom has repeatedly made headlines or the news on television and radio, among the most tragic being the massacre at Dunblane in Scotland when scores were […]