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/ 7 November 2006
Every teacher should be competent in HIV/Aids education and skills by 2015. This was one of the resolutions reached following a three-day meeting held in Boksburg on Gauteng’s East Rand. About 40 delegates from Commonwealth countries attended. The aim of the event was to share ideas on how to address the growing negative impact of the HIV/Aids pandemic on the education sector.
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/ 7 November 2006
A principal from KwaZulu-Natal has been named Super Teacher of the Year for his efforts to take information technology into his community. Caleb Bhengu, principal of Esigodini Primary School in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, received his award from the Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) in Johannesburg.
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/ 7 November 2006
In my family it is common practice that every evening we ask each other: “How was your day?” When I asked my daughter, Lesego, this question, she replied: “Tell me first how yours was, Dad.” As an educator, it is obvious that seven to eight hours of my day are spent at work, writes Simon Modiba.
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/ 7 November 2006
The overwhelming majority of South Africans — a total of 90% — say they respect teachers for their dedicated service to children. This is according to the South African Social Attitudes Survey (Sasas), which has just been published by the Human Sciences Research Council.
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/ 7 November 2006
<i>Zimbabwe’s Plunge: Exhausted Nationalism, Neoliberalism and the Search for Social Justice</i>
by Patrick Bond and Masimba Manyanya
(University of Natal Press/ Merlin).
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/ 7 November 2006
<i>Absolutely Fabulous</i> remains the best reason to stay home on Wednesday nights, writes Tony Jackman.
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/ 7 November 2006
A new book sheds light on the lives of schoolchildren from different backgrounds, writes Denise Rack Louw.
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/ 7 November 2006
Tumi Makgetla singles out the National Arts Festival highlights, including those moving on to other theatres.
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/ 7 November 2006
Schools should be run like businesses with principals playing the role of chief executive officer, said Clem Sunter of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund. Sunter was one of the speakers at the South African Principals’ Association annual conference held in Bloemfontein, Free State, last month.