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 […]
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 […]
Every morning is a strain for Awa as passengers help to hoist her wheelchair and then herself into one of the multi-coloured mini-buses that ply the dusty roads of the Senegalese capital. Awa, who is in her mid-20s, lost the use of her legs due to a badly delivered injection in childhood. Every day she takes a long ride in a rickety bus to go begging in downtown Dakar, with her one-year-old daughter sitting on her lap.
Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister called for a South African model of negotiation, constitution-building and reconciliation in his country, which has experienced war for all but 10 years since gaining independence more than half a century ago. Imaam Sadiq al-Mahdi told the Mail & Guardian that he believes that the recently signed peace deal was just a start.
Some private higher institutions exaggerate their strengths and do not mention their weaknesses in the hope of being accredited. This is one thing that Derrick Zitha, a Council on Higher Education (CHE) project administrator in the HEQC division, has learnt by comparing what’s written on the application to the reality during site visits. Zitha recalls […]
While private providers of higher education have proven themselves to be especially strong in areas like design and film studies, many of them still have to walk a mile before they can match the quality offered at public institutions. A report on The state of private higher education provision in South Africa by the Council […]
As the United States gets down to war with Iraq, the superpower’s dominance of the world stage has never seemed more certain. Back at home, though, signs of weakness abound. Stock markets are tumbling, petrol prices are rising, and the budget deficit grows larger every day. There is talk of another recession. The sickness of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]