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/ 23 December 2011
Thousands of pupils in Limpopo will start school next year with no new textbooks because the education department did not order any.
Tuks will investigate a professor for "possible misconduct" following allegations that racial discrimination hindered his career.
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/ 13 December 2011
Ethical behaviour was the major point of discussion at an education transformation forum convened by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Transformation battles continue at the University of Pretoria, as a professor makes allegations of harassment by management because he is black.
Just over 100 public schools in South Africa are able to offer fully inclusive education — the rest cannot accommodate pupils with disabilities.
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/ 28 November 2011
Teachers’ union Sadtu has warned that teachers are becoming increasingly frustrated by the haphazard implementation of curriculum changes.
A report to parliament cites discrimination in terms of bursaries and election to the alumni board at the University of Pretoria.
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/ 17 November 2011
The North West province needs an extra R130-million to prevent its learner transport scheme for about 31 000 rural pupils from collapsing.
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/ 11 November 2011
Wits’ new SRC president is one of 16 suspended for a year after disrupting classes during protest action.
Ignorance of the law, antagonistic authorities and overcrowding were cited as major obstacles at an education rights for refugees workshop.
Wits University continues to practise apartheid-style segregation and treatment of workers, claims a hard-hitting report.
The increase in part-time matric students is definitely not an attempt to massage annual matric pass rates, the department of basic education insists.
Sadtu says it will withdraw from key Mpumalanga
forums if its demands are not met.
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/ 30 September 2011
Teachers sometimes feel powerless to guide their pupils through morally intricate situations such as the 2008 xenophobic attacks.
Parliament wants the department of basic education to explain the sudden spike in part-time candidates writing the final exam.
A teachers’ union now says it ‘will allow’ a court hearing of the principal accused of assault.
Local jazz musician, Simphiwe Dana, has set up an alternative funding mechanism for black schools.
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/ 8 September 2011
The Centre for Development and Enterprise has challenged the public education sector to form a social movement to improve education in South Africa.