Managements of most tertiary institutions dread the beginning of the academic year, as it is often accompanied by disturbing scenes of toyi-toying students.
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/ 28 February 2007
Nikiwe Bikitsha is one of very few talented female “newshounds” in the world of TV journalism. She is confident, eloquent and comes across as well-prepared and sussed about her subject matter. She was born in Cape Town but grew up in Umtata before the family moved back to Cape Town.
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/ 28 February 2007
Microsoft South Africa (MSA), a global software leader, has introduced a pioneering language programme that will give a massive boost to initiatives aimed at promoting multilingualism in South Africa. The programme, called the Language Interface Pack, will initially be available in Afrikaans, isiZulu and Setswana and may be accessed through Microsoft’s latest version of Office 2007.
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/ 13 February 2007
The days of bogus private further education and training colleges operating without meeting the necessary legal requirements are numbered, according to the department of education. This is a development that most parents and stakeholders in education would applaud.
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/ 13 February 2007
Teaching in South Africa has become one of the more challenging professions. Teachers do not only have to deal with a complex curriculum but also with a host of non-academic problems, including hungry, abused, sick, ill-disciplined, orphaned and abandoned learners.
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/ 7 February 2007
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), through generous funding from the Goldman Sachs Foundation, will be launching a programme between June and July this year to identify talented learners from poor communities.
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/ 16 January 2007
A Cape Town-based NGO, Gold Peer Education Development Agency, has designed a programme for the youth to educate their peers on how to prevent further spreading of HIV/Aids. This saw the agency winning the first prize of the inaugural Commonwealth Good Practice Awards — held in Cape Town late last year.
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/ 16 January 2007
Education Minister Naledi Pandor enjoyed the honour of hosting the 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers held in Cape Town in December last year. This triennial gathering brings together education ministers from the 53 Commonwealth member states.
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/ 16 January 2007
The decline of the 2006 matric pass rate by 1,7% indicates that “we are not yet as competent as we should be at achieving better outcomes”, said Education Minister Naledi Pandor. Pandor was speaking at the announcement of the 2006 Senior Certificate Examination results in which the overall pass rate dropped to 66,6%.
The department of education has launched a R700 million-bursary scheme initiative to make teaching a competitive and attractive profession.