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/ 10 November 2005
Poorly trained mathematics and science teachers in Sekhukhune district, Limpopo, have something to count on to improve their skills: a mathematics and science project run by St Marks College Trust, an Anglican education facility in Jane Furse.
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/ 1 November 2005
Teachers from across the country descended on Hilton College in Pietermaritzburg last month for Intel’s professional teacher-development conference on information and communication technology. The theme of the conference was Innovation in Education and computer and education experts spoke on how best to integrate ICT into the curriculum.
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/ 1 November 2005
The National Business Initiative and petroleum outfit Engen have joined hands to launch an innovative programme aimed at providing ”professional development” to mathematics and science teachers. Called Education Quality Improvement Partnerships, the programme is a timely boost to the government’s efforts to address the problem of poorly qualified maths and science teachers.
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/ 11 October 2005
"I love teaching and I do not think I can swap it for any profession, however well it pays," says Mavis Shongwe. After a career in teaching spanning 30 years, she is currently deputy principal at Emmangweni Primary School in Tembisa in Gauteng, where she has been teaching since 1979.
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/ 14 September 2005
International terrorism carried out in cities around the world in the name of Allah is creating a dangerous perception of Muslims as bloodthirsty criminals.
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/ 14 September 2005
The rituals and religious traditions of weddings may differ from culture to culture, but the world over they’re essentially about the same thing: uniting not only a man and a woman, but their families as well.
Teacher unions are threatening to declare a dispute, as disagreements with the Department of Education (DoE) over the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) continue. The DoE is being accused by the unions of attempting to act outside of the IQMS collective agreement.
Nineteen of the state-employed educators involved in last year’s Mpumalanga matric cheating scandal were found guilty of misconduct earlier this month. The chairperson of the disciplinary committee, Walter Kutumela, says each was fined R3 000 and issued with a written warning.
A Cape Town event that links learning to the world of work will take place for the third time early next month. The annual Learning Cape Festival is the brainchild of the Western Cape’s department of economic development and tourism, but much of its success lies in its involvement of other key players — other government departments, as well as civil society and labour organisations.
Sports facilities are notoriously dodgy at most township schools, with soccer and netball usually played on dusty and bumpy surfaces using well-worn equipment. A possible solution to this — at least in the short term — would be for schools to use existing municipal sports facilities nearby to them, many of which lie dormant during weekdays.