Private institutions offering Christian theology or religious higher education qualifcations are adapting their course contents to respond to the demands of the changing world around them. While their courses still have a strong Christian content, they are also structured to equip learners with a variety of life-skills that are relevant beyond the confines of the […]
Q: How does a prospective student tell the difference between a private institution offering qualifications at the Further Education and Training (FET) level (NQF 2-4) and a higher education (HE) institution (NQF levels 5-8)? Students have a right to know from the institution they intend registering with the level at which the programme they are […]
Teacher-training institutions are having to go the extra mile to attract young school leavers to the profession, and to entice practising teachers to update and develop their skills. And with the fast-changing sector they serve, it has also become imperative for them to ensure that student-teachers are given appropriate and flexible training that is adaptive […]
Holistic approaches to education are shedding their somewhat ‘new-age” tag and are being successfully incorporated into modern mainstream education systems. Willem van der Velden, administrative head of the Centre for Creative Education in Plumstead, Cape Town, says that the government’s outcome-based education system now reflects many of the principles central to the Waldorf Schools’ teaching […]
The bride is thrilled; the groom is grim. But Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) will not leave Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) standing at the altar when their union is solemnised on January 1 next year. ‘It is just a question of trying to make the best of a bad situation,” says Peter Alexander, a member of RAU’s […]
The written word is going through a tough time in Africa these days. Besides the daunting levels of illiteracy in the continent, many of the millions who know how to read simply don’t bother. But there is a rich history of literature in the continent that’s worth remembering. The Malian city of Timbuktu is one […]
April is the time to look at all the different facets of the written word: from the creative process of writing to the job of publishing. And in Cape Town a lot more has been planned, with youngsters due to listen as authors read, share their own stories, take part in exhibitions and performances. Meanwhile, […]
If you intend to sample as many of life’s adventures as you can and still have time to change the world – at least a little – then you’re going to have to live to be at least 102. Margaret Byrd Rawson (1899 – 2001) from the United States began her career as a teacher […]
My life is tilling the soil. I don’t need to read. The Bible? They tell us about that at Mass. The news? I listen to the radio. The newspaper costs the price of a kilo of salt for my kids,” says Godfroid Bimenyimana, a 57-year-old Rwandan farmer. Bimenyimana and millions like him have no desire […]
– Spies snare cheats: Lithuania’s intelligence service has been called in to snag students trying to cheat on graduation exams. ‘Education Mnister Algirdas Monkevicius has requested the special investigation service and national police to report to him any cases identified of exam questions being sold,” the ministry said in a statement. The measure is aimed […]