Since July 2015, Corruption Watch has received at least 1000 reports of corruption across schools, making them the main graft hotspots in the country.
There is a vital intersect between schools as a pipeline to higher education, and higher education as the conduit for teachers into schools.
Too much help with homework could hinder your child’s development and make them feel incompetent.
The majority of British parents who responded to a new survey voiced concerns over the negative impact of interactive e-books on their children.
As South Africa mulls the drop in the grade 12 pass rate, one medical student is tutoring matric pupils. Nelly Shamase caught up with him.
The school education system in the more ‘urban’ regions appears to be functioning pretty well.
The education system focuses doggedly on the National Senior Certificate and the outcome of these exams, to the detriment of students.
Sugar-coating South Africa’s apartheid past as a way to foster unity only papers over an unequal present.
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It’s not only about resources – what students ought to be and do should be developed at school.
South Africa must come to terms with the fact that better schooling is the surest way to overcome inequality.
Most South Africans can’t afford nutritious meals and the state is letting school-food schemes down.
Let’s be history-makers. Let’s be the change that we want. The power is in our hands, literally.
Teachers’ union Sadtu tends to believe that it can dictate education policy. However without them the minister can’t do much.
Readers write in about education, the Commonwealth Games, and Homo naledi.
The country places a high value on the power of education to achieve a stable, peaceful and prosperous society.
A lack of maths and science education directly affects the quality of life of young people trying to lift themselves out of poverty.
Panyaza Lesufi has boldly claimed that every chalkboard in every matric classroom will be replaced with a smart board by July.
A nonprofit organisation is going to the heart of South Africa’s educational problem and getting good results.
The Annual National Assessments must not detract from the quality or breadth of education, writes Caroline Long.
Our education system is often described as being in crisis. A recent claim says 80% of schools could be "dysfunctional". Afrika Check looked into it.
The organisation founded by Reverend Frank Chikane in 1985 has a bold vision to make quality education available to the underprivileged.
An independent school in Manenberg had better matric results last year than any state school in the area. But is it a model that should be scaled up?
Despite having to deal with construction, residence and financing issues, Sol Plaatje students last year averaged the best grades across the country.
Nhlanhla Nene has little good luck and plenty of tough luck for the country’s millions of children, young people and universities as well.
The distances the kids next door have to cover to get to school are lost on Zuma, who is blindly feathering his nest, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said that government hasn’t been able to improve the teaching of science and maths in particular.
Government must expedite its broadband roll-out plan if its higher learning goals are to be met.
Students in Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwe are angry about the state of the Tshwane University of Technology – but plans are afoot for big changes.
There is good reason to keep the human element at the heart of our school curriculum, writes Fred Khumalo.
Liquidators who previously ignored an offer from the AAYMCA will now be forced to meet "creditors" to discuss this and other offers.
The success of our education is less about passes, but more about how many can participate in the economy, writes Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
A 2013 government report found that government funding for these academic institutions has not kept up with enrolment numbers.