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Education System

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/ 1 July 2009

Vavi: Apartheid to blame for education system

Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi on Tuesday blamed apartheid for the current state of the education system, despite 16 years under a new democratic regime.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 June 2009

Education heads need finance 101

More than half of South Africa’s provincial education departments are in an administrative and financial mess.

By Thabo Mohlala, Primarashni Gower and Monako Dibetle
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Article
/ 17 March 2009

Union: Education system a disaster

The national education system is a ”disaster”, the Afrikaans teachers’ union told the African National Congress recently.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 March 2009

State teachers go digital

The education department is to embark on an ambitious plan to roll out laptop computers to teachers.

By Primarashni Gower and Ryan Hoffmann
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Article
/ 4 March 2009

School crisis: National steps in

The National Department of Education is to step into the Eastern Cape’s endlessly crisis-ridden school system.

By Thabo Mohlala
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Article
/ 30 December 2008

Matric results lay bare inequalities

The uneven matric results show that despite a curriculum change, the SA education system is still plagued by problems rooted in the apartheid era.

By Emsie Ferreira
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Article
/ 26 December 2008

Confessions of a lapsed OBE convert

The single most important legacy of OBE is another lost generation in South Africa’s poorest schools, writes Cornia Pretorius.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 20 December 2008

Welcome the Class of 2008

The difficulties of Curriculum 2005 cannot but have left their mark on this year’s school leavers when they start their university studies next year.

By Brian OConnell
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Article
/ 15 October 2008

‘Failing the majority’

‘The current system is hampering economic growth and development’

By Prim Gower
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Analysis
/ 11 September 2008

Da revolution is on da phone

The reason why Kenyans are bad musicians is because we are out of touch with our own tastes and instincts.

By Binyavanga Wainaina
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Article
/ 5 August 2008

Pandor slams SA’s failing education system

South Africa’s education system underperformed and failed to support pupils in acquiring skills for learning, says Education Minister Naledi Pandor.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 July 2008

Radical ideas needed for radical results

South Africa is embarking on a programme to increase its PhD output. This strategy is an important effort to boost the entire educational system.

By Nithaya Chetty
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