Patrick Commercial College in Gauteng, also known as Patcom College, is marketing programmes for which it is not registered. Currently the college is registered with the Department of Education’s directorate of private higher education institutions (PHEIs) to offer only information technology at certificate and diploma levels. However, a brochure from the college’s Benoni branch is […]

Six Johannesburg schools have clubbed together to operate a programme that provides mother-tongue support to black learners in predominantly white and English-medium schools. And now one of the six, Parkview Junior School, has reversed the process, offering Zulu additional language classes that integrate learners across racial and cultural lines. The main programme has been running […]

Since its inception in 1989, Missouri Secondary School has been associated with lawlessness and disorder – and, on occasion, outright violence, like when a learner shot his classmate on the school premises in 2002. But Martin Louis, appointed as acting principal last year, is determined to stop the rot. Already there are signs that things […]

South Africa will be unable to produce enough local expertise to carry out major developmental projects unless we produce more qualified engineers. TheTeacher samples some engineering courses around the country offering useful information on what learners need to be admitted to these courses.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation recently released its Emerging Voices report on
education in rural communities. <i>TheTeacher</i> visited another lost village in southern KwaZulu Natal where poverty, illiteracy and unemployment have a major effect on children’s education.

With the nation’s unemployment rates hovering around the 40% mark, learning
institutions have their work cut out for them to give their learners a shot at becoming active in the economy. <i>TheTeacher </i>visits an independent school intent on nurturing confident learners.

The violence that once tore KwaZulu-Natal apart continues to haunt the survivors. But an alternative therapy seems to be putting those ghosts to rest, helping people heal their psychological and emotional wounds. TheTeacher investigates this new therapy, called The Journey, which is being piloted at six schools.

The doors of learning creaked open with some difficulty as schools re-opened last month. While provincial heads insist the start of the school year went well, reports from around the country told a different story. Work on the ground suggested illegal exclusions, as well as classroom conditions that do not promote learning, still affected thousands of children.

Thousands of Eastern Cape schools opened for the new school year late last month without essential stationery, including basics such as pencils and paper. A lack of planning by the province’s education department is to blame for the blunder.