The Woolworths Trust EduPlant has launched its 2007 programme with a series of free, empowering workshops that will help educators to create food-rich, sustainable environments at schools. Coordinated by Food and Trees For Africa, Woolworths Trust EduPlant is offering a programme that promotes and supports schools to grow good food, using resource-efficient permaculture techniques.
A coalition of more than 140 international NGOs and women’s groups is gratified that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expressing public support for the creation of a new UN agency for women. The proposal for a new UN women’s agency was made last November by a 15-member "High-Level Panel on UN System-Wide Coherence".
As I sit and watch the kingfishers hunting at the edge of the Marico River, it’s hard to remind myself that four short hours ago I was in the heart of the urban jungle, full of stress after a long week at work. A few hours of driving has transported me to the beautiful Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West.
Cadbury South Africa and the national departments of sports, recreation and education joined hands to launch a sports initiative that will “get our youth active” by taking part in sports activities. The launch comes against the backdrop of increasing rates of obesity among school children mainly because of a lack of physical activity.
Have you ever been dissatisfied with a particular lesson? Let’s be realistic, we all give lessons from time to time that we are not proud of. We either feel we did too much speaking or the lesson was all about content and did little to address specific outcomes or assessment standards.
How quickly the year goes by: at the end of this month, you will be taking your first break of the year. This is another reminder that you should make use of every second, minute or hour profitably because, before you realise it, exams will be upon you.
Scores of teachers who work far away from their homes are faced with the difficult dilemma of having to choose between keeping their jobs and being able to support their families, and quitting their jobs and facing economic ruin. Both are difficult calls to make. Some of these teachers are victims of the education department’s re-deployment policy, while others are just not lucky enough to find jobs close to home.
His eponymous Sydney eatery is regularly named among the world’s best and boasts a weeks-long waiting list, while his blend of Japanese and French cuisine has won him the respect of chefs across the globe. Modesty leaves Tetsuya Wakuda struggling to define why he has become one of the world’s top chefs, but a glimpse into his office and into his past offers some answers.
The Gauteng department of education is the only province that is steaming ahead with the implementation of a comprehensive literacy initiative to address the problem of poor reading and writing skills among learners. The programme is called Accelerated Programme for Language, Literacy and Communication.
International Mother Language Day on February 21 was an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the mother tongue and why it should matter to us all. But before doing so, it is perhaps important to start by defining what a mother tongue is. A mother tongue is the language spoken between mother and child. It is therefore the child’s first language.