Adult Basic Education and Training aims to ”break the back of illiteracy among adults in five years”. MINISTER of Education Kader Asmal recently announced that he will ”break the back of illiteracy among adults in five years”. Twelve-and-a-half million South African adults are functionally illiterate, according to a survey by the University of Natal’s Centre […]
The National Literacy Initiative aims to teach 3,3-million people to read JOHN Samuel has been picked by Minister of Education Kader Asmal to be the commander-in-chief in the fight against illiteracy. Last year Asmal declared his intention to ”break the back of illiteracy” in the next five years. The education budget has made funds available […]
HILARY FINE reviews the titles on offer from Shortlands Publications BLENDING entertainment with education can create a sense of excitement and delight among emerging readers, and if they get hooked on books early, maybe they will become readers for life. Shortlands Publications, a New Zealand publishing company new to the South African market, produces a […]
Pieter Dirk Uys is taking a message of safer sex to schools across the country. Hilary Fine took in a performance Oak avenues and abundant greenery surround a school with a long tradition of politeness, where learners still refer to their educators as ”madam”. These girls seem to have nothing to fear as they face […]
It takes just 10 minutes to bake a loaf of bread using tin foil and the energy from the sun. This was demonstrated by Debora Hammann and Claudette van Wyk, Grade 7 learners from Barberton Primary School. Their project, which showed the use of energy-efficient solar and biogas technologies through the use of scientific principles, […]
Old paper is given a new lease on life as compressed paper bricks. The bricks are used as fuel for fires. Using paper bricks as a replacement for firewood reduces waste and ensures the number of trees used by the community is limited. The gardening and greening project at the school has become an asset […]
A rather pompous and arrogant Englishman once expressed the following view of football and females: ”Why do you women even bother, you can never fully appreciate football. You don’t even understand what the offside rule is all about.” But many women appreciate ”poetry in motion”.