Seven years after the birth of what Desmond Tutu dubbed the Rainbow Nation, incidents of racism continue to surface at schools in South Africa, writes Edwin Naidu The exodus of black pupils into once whites-only schools has not been an harmonious process, like in the song Ebony and Ivory. The number of high-profile racial incidents […]
Edwin Naidu reports on an ambitious plan by the Gauteng Department of Education to introduce computers to learners throughout the province and put the sparkle back into the city of gold The sense of excitement seen on the faces of educators, learners and parents gathered at Ikaneng Primary in Soweto last month for the launch […]
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 […]