Our system of education is failing those with learning disabilities, writes Catriona Macleod Simphiwe, Thulani and Sipho have never met each other. But they have many things in common, the most striking of which is that the education system has failed them. All three were brought to university psychological centres by their desperate mothers. All […]
One woman could no longer stand by and watch the children suffering. Julia Grey went to see what her efforts produced It all started because Theresa Mkhwanazi couldn’t carry on just witnessing the daily abuse that children face in the miserable squalor of Cato Manor, an informal settlement packed on the hillslopes of Durban. Mkhwanazi […]
At least R10 billion is still needed to address the education backlog, says Mpumalanga education MEC, Craig Padayachee. OVER R10 billion is still needed to address the education backlog in South Africa, warned Mpumalanga education MEC, Craig Padayachee, on Thursday. Speaking at the opening of a new primary school in Embalenhle near Secunda, he said […]
New ideas in school architecture reflect changes in educational philosophy, writes Veerle Dieltiens The standardised classroom measures 7m by 8m, three windows on one side, four on the other, with the blackboard at the front. Typical school plans show a row of boxes, with a long, narrow corridor along which learners troop from class to […]
Tertiary institutions should become truly African, and not pay lip service to the concept, when in reality their actions continue to undermine everything African, Deputy Minister of Education Mosibudi Mangena said at a function to mark African University Day. He said much has happened since the Unesco Conference on Higher Education in 1962, where delegates […]
Primarashni Pillay gives some advice on choosing a tertiary education insitiution Are you still in a dilemma over which higher education institution to study at next year? Here are some guidelines which will help you with your choice. South Africa has 21 universities and 15 technikons, which are government funded. From 1994, several private and […]
If the schools can’t come to the museums, the museums will go to the schools, writes Janette Bennett In the Eastern Cape, most of the 6 000-plus schools are nowhere near a museum. Culture officials, concerned that the stories kept alive in the museums would never reach the children of the province, decided to do […]
HIV/Aids Q&A Researchers believe that HIV infection reaches a peak during December. Many people go on holiday, more alcohol is consumed and safe-sex standards fall. At present around 2 000 South Africans are infected with HIV each day. More than 700 die of Aids each day. More than 7 000 babies die of Aids each […]
Libby Young recommends some sites for summer surfing Summer is the time for some serious surfing, of both the hi-tech and wet varieties. With so many people baking on the beach, the web picks up speed, making a bit of self-indulgent browsing too tempting to resist. Better still, all the public holidays lower the call […]
The hidden curriculum is in most cases overlooked in the process of teaching and learning. It is a fact that, as educators are pressured to finish the curriculum, the skills presented by the hidden curriculum are ignored. This month I am choosing the theme of giving because this is a religious period, with Muslims observing […]