It’s a case of the sky’s the limit – no matter which country you’re in – for those qualified in the healing arts of aromaptherapy and reflexology. So says founder of the Yaraka School of Holistic Therapies in Durban, Yavanee Singh. In a world abuzz with stress and anxiety, the healing powers of aromatic plant […]
Vista University is considering legal action against the minister of education – a move that could derail the massive national tertiary merger process due to take effect in three months. The Mail & Guardian, the sister publication of the Teacher, has copies of correspondence between Minister of Education Kader Asmal, acting Vista vice-chancellor Sipho Seepe […]
It used to be called the Cinderella of the education system. But South Africa’s Further Education and Training (FET) system is in the process of having its rags replaced with the finery of a new era. Since the passing of the FET Act in 1998, FET colleges have been positioned to provide a ladder of […]
The Klerksdorp campus of Vuselela FET College in the North West bustles with students hurrying to and from their exam centres. The students have a choice of six study sections offered at the college, including business studies, computer training, engineering studies, the Grade 12 national certificate and hair care. It is also the only training […]
Exciting training programmes are on offer for Ekurhuleni teachers at the Sibikwa Community Theatre Project in Benoni. This is the seventh year that Sibikwa will be offering courses and there are a number of options on the menu. The workshops are for teachers who wish to use Educational Drama to unleash the creative potential of […]
“Distance” was the operative word at a high profile education conference in early February in Cape Town – and not simply in terms of its geographical connotations. The All-Africa Ministers’ Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education served to underscore the chasm between policy and delivery on distance education. But participants – including ministers of […]
Under-resourced and flooded with applications for accreditation, the Higher Education Qualifications Council (HEQC) has its work cut out for it trying to weed out fly-by-night private higher education institutions (PHEIs). Based in Pretoria, the HEQC only has two permanent staff members who process the accreditation applications from all the PHEIs in South Africa. Four other […]
Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa) Transformation Status: Will merge with the University of the North in January 2004 Faculties: Dentistry, medicine, science, public health Contacts: Director: Student Administration PO Box 189 Medunsa 0204 Online address: http://www.medunsa.ac.za Tel: (012) 521-4058 Potchefstroom University (PUK) Transformation Status: Will merge with the University of North West to form […]
South Africa’s higher education pot is being stirred up with vigour and one of the newest things cooking is something that will emerge as the comprehensive institution. Comprehensive institutions are to be created through the merging of existing higher education facilities. They will offer both university- and technikon-type courses to students in a single institution. […]
The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) and Oracle are helping disadvantaged learners solve for ‘x” in their newly established mathematics school. Three hundred and sixty youngsters from grades 9 to 11 no longer wander the streets on Saturday mornings, and RAU tutors are getting down to the business of science, mathematics and technology with them. The […]