Taking up the challenge to go green starts with something as simple as picking up after yourself. This has been the philosophy of the Ikaneng School in Diepsloot, Soweto, and the learners’ simple actions have snowballed into a solid commitment to make their school a shining example of environmental awareness. The school has incorporated a […]
A school that started 113 years ago as a one-learner outfit in the house of a German pastor named Kuschke has grown into the renowned Deutsche Schule zu Johannesburg (DSJ) with almost 1000 learners. International events helped fashion the school, with the flood of German immigrants following the gold rush to Johannesburg in the late […]
School libraries are central to a successful learning and reading programme in a school, particularly in South Africa where outcomes-based education (OBE) is the norm. OBE is a resource-based methodology which means that both educators and learners are reliant on access to a range of resources for the teaching method to be successful,” says Joy […]
Relatively new – and often misunderstood – kids on the education block are the Further Education and Training (FET) colleges. Established by the FET Act in 1998, the 150 institutions formerly known as technical colleges went through a process of change to re-emerge as 50 FET colleges. So what are FET colleges? Are they for […]
Hinduism differs from Western religions in that it does not have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central, religious organization. It consists of thousands of different religious groups that have evolved in India since 1500 BC. Hinduism is generally regarded as the world’s oldest organised religion. Hinduism […]
Shafee Willenberg has spent 22 years teaching science and mathematics. Highlights of your teaching career? These were during the years of the struggle against apartheid when teachers, parents and learners showed a willingness to make major sacrifices – there was an enthusiasm from many learners even under extremely difficult circumstances. While there were many sad […]
Annette du Toit has taught Afrikaans and music for 21 years. How did you get into teaching? At school I dreamed of becoming a teacher as I idealised a teacher’s role in school life. The dynamics of teaching a group fascinated me. My father was a teacher who also inspired me. Teaching highlights? For me […]
Reg Rumney’s column "BEE codes could stymie deals" (April 8) makes startling and unsubstantiated suggestions about the draft Code of Good Practice on Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) equity participation that cannot go unchallenged.
Rumney contends that Code 100 "takes a stand against the financial instruments that make BEE deals possible", writes Philisiwe Buthelezi.
Suspended Chapman High principal Randolph Jonas is back at school – at least for now. The feisty principal’s future at the school in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth, still remains undecided after his 30-day suspension was lifted on April 8. Jonas’s suspension in March stemmed from his repeated refusal to heed Port Elizabeth district director of education […]
Bedevilled by the increasing empty seats in its theatres, Cape Town’s Artscape has embarked on an audience education programme that’s beginning to bear fruit. The key, it seems, is to target school-going youth with arts education as a future investment in a society appreciative of its heritage. An incidental benefit is that children in impoverished […]