Education minister has also called on government
to assist in finalising university mergers.
The government is moving to cap fees at public schools at R2 000 a year and to compensate schools that grant fee exemptions.
The first part of the project is to build capacity, as well as to upgrade qualifications and IT and management information systems.”
More than half of South Africa’s provincial education departments are in an administrative and financial mess.
South Africa’s poorest learners can definitely look forward to one major school reform under a Jacob Zuma-led government -— smaller class sizes.
A 30-year-old framework for V-Cs’ remuneration is all but covered in dust. Primarashni Gower reports.
Research production in the SADC has dropped significantly in the past few years, but plans are in place to remedy the situation.
The education department is to embark on an ambitious plan to roll out laptop computers to teachers.
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/ 18 February 2009
The extra R700-million for higher learning is a welome relief, write Primarashni Gower and Cornia Pretorius.
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/ 10 February 2009
Postgraduate students are cash cows because they bring with them high government subsidies, more than for undergraduates.