New measures help schools in the Western Cape deal with drug problems NO doubt about it, Jake definitely has a nose for narcotics. In fact the very scent of cocaine, dagga or mandrax sends him into a frenzy. But Jake is no junkie. He belongs to Detector Dogs – a security company using sniffer dogs […]
”THE best thing that’s ever happened to schooling was the banning of corporal punishment,” says Graham Bailey, headmaster of Pinetown Boys High. ”Under the old system a kid could misbehave or not do his homework and he’d get a couple of whacks. Come the end of the year when he failed, his parents would jump […]
The Constitutional Court upholds the ban against corporal punishment THERE’S no more getting around it: corporal punishment has no more place in our schools, and educators are going to have to get serious about finding alternatives. This follows the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of an appeal by Christian Education of South Africa (Cesa) to have corporal […]
The youth run amok intent on dealing out their form of own justice. RECENT events once again demonstrate the youth’s conviction that mob action is the best way to express grievances and demand ”justice”. The past lives on: Numerous incidents of students running riot in the name of ”justice” suggest that this generation has more […]
The HIV/Aids epidemic threatens to destroy our education system. THE figures for Aids in education are becoming terrifying — two teachers are dying each week, and within the next 18 months teachers will be dying faster than they can be trained. At a function in Johannesburg teachers compared notes about HIV infection rates and how […]
The curriculum is likely to be marked by changes for some time THE period of transition from the dreaded apartheid-based form of education to a curriculum that complements and nutures our new era of democracy is due to continue for some time to come. Linda Chisholm, who headed up the Curriculum 2005 review committee,does not […]
Proposed labour law changes will affect teachers negatively AN array of amendments to existing legislation on labour relations has recently been proposed by government — which, should they be passed, will have a significant impact on the working conditions and rights of teachers. The amendments range from those governing labour relations generally, to others which […]
Life Line Johannesburg gives youth space to explore important issues AFTER receiving counselling from Life Line’s youth programme in Alexandra and Dobsonville in Soweto, Nhlanhla Khonzeka is now equipped to help other youths in his community. Khonzeka, who says his life has always been unpleasant and frustrating, is involved in Life Line’s Wise Choices, a […]
LESANNE BROOKE reviews Life Skills and HIV/Aids Education: A Manual and Resource Guide for Intermediate Phase School Teachers (Heinemann and Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa, R99,95), Let’s Talk about Life: An Educational Book to End the Aids Crisis by Wesley M Collard and Daniel J Ncayiyana (South African Medical Press, R50) and Looking Forward […]
ROB Sieborger reviews Help-U-History Grade 12 Study Guide by Helen Terre Blanche and John Illsley (Kagiso, R65.00) IT’S not easy to write a study guide for matric history. There is a lot of content to cover and changes in the way that matriculation examination papers are set and the differences between the papers set in […]