Thabo Mohlala challenges Sadtu boss Thulas Nxesi on perceptions that the union shields its members at the expense of education.
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/ 9 September 2008
Can the Eastern Cape’s new education minister, Mahlubandile Qwase, ease the province’s chronic educational woes before next year’s election, when he might be replaced?
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/ 9 September 2008
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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/ 4 September 2008
Can the Eastern Cape’s new Education Minister, Mahlubandile Qwase, ease the province’s chronic educational woes before next year’s election?
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 […]
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”.
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 Âeducation. The government has allocated just less than R1-billion that will provide for an extra 14 000 support staff posts.
The government has set aside R500-million to attract and reward qualified teachers for working in schools where few want to go: remote, poor and harsh rural and urban areas.
First it was the school pledge, then Education Minister Naledi Pandor drew fire for introducing a Bill of Responsibilities.
Lack of proper learning aids and resources to teach sciences is a serious problem for most schools in township areas. Most schools in these areas do not have laboratories and those that do lack the apparatus to carry out experiments and other practical activities.