Philippa Garson
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/ 13 May 2005

Value-added education

The Department of Education’s Values, Education and Democracy report looks at new ways of dealing with diversity at school level. THE release of the Values, Education and Democracy report by the Department of Education last month should trigger some interesting and long-overdue debate on the nation’s value system — or on what the nation’s priorities […]

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/ 13 May 2005

Asmal in hot seat

Minister of Education Kader Asmal faces some opposition to his plan to phase out Curriculum 2005 IT has not been a smooth ride lately for Minister of Education Kader Asmal, who has come up against unexpected opposition from some quarters around the decision to phase out Curriculum 2005 and phase in a simpler, more content-heavy […]

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/ 13 May 2005

Meeting the challenge

A new project has been launched to help teachers tackle issues of diversity in the classroom in a constructive way. RESPECTING and celebrating the differences between people are goals most South Africans (hopefully) aspire towards. Most of us know, however, that the legacy of so many years of apartheid makes these aims more difficult than […]