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White elephant schools reveal lack of progress

Education Thokozani Chilenga Butao - 20 Sep 2020

The schools rationalisation programme is two decades old, but is still plagued by inconsistencies

Government must give a helping hand to learners who drop out

Education Bongekile Macupe - 18 Sep 2020

We cannot simply accept that 75 000 young people or more have dropped out of school this year and that life continues as normal — we need to give them opportunities

Folly of school assessment in a pandemic

Education Joanne Hardman - 13 Sep 2020

The method used to determine whether children should move to the next grade considers what they recall rather than their potential to learn

Probe into SMU vice-chancellor put on ice

Education Bongekile Macupe - 13 Sep 2020

Lawyers have told Parliament’s higher education portfolio committee that it can’t examine sexual misconduct allegations against Vice-Chancellor Peter Mbati

Rogue principals cannot be allowed to run schools

Education Bongekile Macupe - 11 Sep 2020

We do not need rogue, prejudiced or ignorant principals to lead our schools. We need principled leaders who are empathetic and follow the laws of the country and those prescribed for the education sector.

It’s time to reimagine adult literacy in a post-Covid-19 world

Education Jackie Carroll - 8 Sep 2020

As we celebrate International Literacy Day, it’s important that adult learners aren’t left left behind. The lockdown has curtailed face-to-face lessons, but companies in the adult literacy space are pivoting to online learning

Where do Africans study abroad?

Education M&G Data Desk - 5 Sep 2020

China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria

Is internationalisation in jeopardy?

Coronavirus Ylva Rodny-Gumede - 3 Sep 2020

The pandemic is an opportunity for universities to set new parameters for interacting with foreign students and staff

A search for the meaning behind Motshekga’s words

Education Sarah Gravett - 2 Sep 2020

COMMENT The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) recently hosted a seminar...

Traditional universities must adapt or die

Education Van Aardt Smit & Carla Serfontein - 31 Aug 2020

Covid-19 made obvious the need for universities to adopt fourth industrial revolution strategies

It is possible to decolonise science

Education Margaret Blackie & Hanelie Adendorff - 31 Aug 2020

Though it’s based in fact and measurement, science teaching needn’t only foreground individuals, but can situate itself in a web of knowledge and try to lower barriers to learning

Open schools mean full tummies as feeding schemes resume

Coronavirus Pontsho Pilane - 30 Aug 2020

About four in five learners in the country’s poorest schools rely on the one meal they receive at school, but they weren’t able to get it for more than four months, during which child hunger increased because of the pandemic

Investing in innovation will reduce unemployment and poverty

Education Thokozani Majozi & Tshilidzi Marwala - 30 Aug 2020

South African inventions that have changed the world are all underpinned by research, development and significant financial backing — to lose this would be tragic

Dr Lungile: Your legacy will live on

Education Professor Sibongile Muthwa - 26 Aug 2020

Nelson Mandela University executive dean of health sciences, paediatric cardiologist and Mail & Guardian contributor Lungile Pepeta succumbed to Covid-19 earlier this month. NMU vice-chancellor, Professor Sibongile Muthwa pays tribute.

Protecting women on campuses is a priority

Education Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Beatrice Mutali & Ramneek Ahluwalia - 23 Aug 2020

A GBV policy framework that achieves gender equality in the post-school education sector and broader society needs to be urgently implemented

Few women leaders in academia

Education Bongekile Macupe - 20 Aug 2020

Patriarchal culture still dominates university leadership in SA, despite an abundance of qualified women

School polo coach in hot water for calling schoolgirls ‘strippers’

Education Sabelo Skiti - 16 Aug 2020

Former Springbok and current school water polo coach Pierre le Roux has a litany of complaints against him, from body shaming and bullying to being racist to learners

More black students at university, but still starting at a disadvantage

Education Bongekile Macupe - 15 Aug 2020

The headcount of black students at all universities stood at 84.8% in 2017 compared with 14.3% of white students. In 2005 black students comprised 74.5% of the university population while white students made up 25.3%

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