Technology can have adverse social and personal effects but it also has the potential to bring quality, equity and care to education
It is essential to compare apples with apples when demanding free education
The commodities downturn has revealed the fragility and structural weaknesses of many African economies. With fast-growing populations, African states are under intense pressure to deliver for their citizens. At the same time, austerity is affecting Africa’s donors, with foreign governments focused on domestic priorities rather than overseas largesse. Climate change and income inequality are fuelling […]
New, free ways of helping teachers and learners have the power to transform education in Africa
Six public schools are going to court to defend their right to promote the Christian faith
Mandarin, Nama and French are being introduced to schools to boost pupils’ prospects
Central to changes in the curriculum to reflect African realities are history and languages
Practical steps will help the National Education Crisis Forum resolve the fees issue and other problems.
"For change to be successful, there needs to be proper change management"
The development and investment in teachers shouldn’t be an option but completely necessaty
Gauteng and Western Cape schools are bulging at the seams as thousands of children from other provinces fight for places there
Radical interventions in maths and science are needed now or the country will never become a player in the fourth industrial revolution.
You’ve got to feel for SAs matriculants, particularly if they come from poor families or attended underresourced schools.
Learning the fundamentals of maths can equip children with critical thinking and reasoning skills.
South Africans should be deeply worried about the state of mathematics teaching and learning, writes Elizabeth Walton.
If you read to your child and play educational games together, their school marks will soar.
Drilled into learning by rote, grade nines still fare dismally, but better than they used to.
A study conducted by the Pew Research Centre says two-thirds of South Africans agree that developing education should be a priority for the country.
Pupils at 18 schools were accused of copying during their matric exams, but didn’t show up for hearings. Now they’re being allowed to rewrite
Matrics in the class of 2016 are about to write their final exams and need positive support
Free, decolonised education is key to producing health workers conscious of social justice.
The SAHRC made significant findings based on hearings with various stakeholders, despite failing to get much insight from pupils themselves.
Recent events have raised questions about how far SA has really come in building a united non-racial society that embodies unity in diversity.
People from across the African continent, especially down Mzansi way, are willing to pay millions of rands to attend prestigious schools.
Publishing in the academic world is extremely important, but why does it seem to be such a long, winding and twisted process?
The old education story of compliance and individualism is being replaced by one that challenges, collaborates and focuses on children
Universities solely dependent on the state will be the start of a downward spiral of education standards.
Fanie Roeloffze successfully appealed against the Free State education department’s sanction, which which found his dismissal to be unfair.
The high fees of the country’s most expensive schools are not the end of it – parents have to cough up all sorts of extra levies.
Positive use of cellphones appears to be limited to mundane tasks such as contacting friends to check homework.
"The alleged selling of teaching jobs has been going on since as early as 2014"
Thousands of children have been excluded from attending well-resourced schools in Gauteng because of the controversial feeder zone legislation.