Thabo Mohlala
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/ 24 October 2008

Now for the real test

Next week a new form of matric exam commences – and tensions among learners, teachers and parents were heightened by recent blunders around trial maths papers. This has left many wondering whether the department of education will deliver a credible final exam. Penny Vinjevold, deputy director general for further education and training, set out to put the Teacher’s mind at rest.

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/ 9 September 2008

Three of the best

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on October 5 and commemorates the contributions of teachers across the globe. Since its inception in 1994 more than 100 countries have joined in to observe this special day, which aims to mobilise support for the profession. According to Unesco, World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development. the Teacher wishes to acknowledge all our readers on World Teachers’ Day for their massive contribution to educate South Africa’s children. Happy World Teachers’ Day!

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/ 8 August 2008

Matric maths? Don’t panic!

Education Minister Naledi Pandor tried this week to calm the nerves of parents, teachers and learners about the new matric exam to be written in two months’ time. Standard-grade exam papers will not be written this year. For the first time, all learners will write the same matric papers. The sharpest concerns about the new […]

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/ 21 April 2008

Panic over new matric

Learners and teachers remain uncertain about their preparedness for the new national senior certificate. Teachers and representatives of all four teachers’ trade unions have sounded the alarm on this year’s school-leaving exam, saying they have not been adequately prepared to teach the new curriculum. The national senior certificate, to be written in about 190 days’ time, will replace ”matric”.

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/ 7 April 2008

Boost for poor schools

Schools ranked "the poorest of the poor" will be bolstered by an increase in support staff to free teachers from administrative duties so that they can spend more time on teaching and delivering quality ­education. The government has allocated just less than R1-billion that will provide for an extra 14 000 support staff posts.