How Covid-19 has intensified the physical and emotional burdens placed on children’s shoulders.
Moving the national senior certificate exams forward also allows matrics who are old enough to cast their ballots on 1 November
The positive effect on the children has spilled over into the local community and improved social cohesion
China’s decision on edtech firms demonstrates a desire to achieve equity even at the expense of profits, and there are lessons for South Africa
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits
But inequality on the continent will continue to grow unless disparities in the right to education are ended
Young people’s experiences should lead the way in a shared response to youth unemployment
A few of South Africa’s unemployed youth share their stories
Protest music and protest culture is part of being black, and of being human. Several musicians are passing this practice on to the next generation
Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda
The smart, fun and easy-going warrior scientist in the film ‘Wakanda’ challenges gender stereotypes
The environmental group Earthday.org has been campaigning to improve climate literacy and wants to make the subject compulsory at schools
The pandemic precipitated a global experiment in education, which Unesco is keen to document and support
Children are being deprived not only of education, but also nutrition. Governments and the international community must secure these inalienable rights
The annual contest asks participants to write responses to questions that aim to elicit their understanding of a range of prescribed texts. This activity, simple on the face of it, asks a great deal from its participants
‘If education must address the needs of society, then we have to adapt to the current and future needs’
Technology is one tool in a larger arsenal for a superior educational experience, and teachers must be continually trained to use it
Twenty-six years after the Beijing Declaration, which set the target for reaching gender balance in political decision-making, women are still underrepresented across all levels of power
The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them
Teacher training programmes need to cultivate a social consciousness to transform a system that abjects black learners
The economy is not producing work, with many young adults working outside their fields of study or considering leaving the country as a result
Sharing resources can ensure no child will be left behind
Poverty forced her to drop out of school in Zimbabwe, but now she is helping children in her neighbourhood learn to read and write
We should be obsessed with how we can help our young South Africans access and utilise systems of secondary and tertiary entry education
The Northern Cape department of education has had to close more than 70 schools in the past three weeks because of high numbers of Covid infections
The department appeared before the commission hearings on issues of bullying and corporal punishment in schools
The council told the Human Rights Commission that “systemic gaps” and weak controls mean teachers found guilty of offences could still be found in the system
This was revealed on the second day of provincial hearings into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relations between teachers and learners by the Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Watch warns that learners may take years to recover from the damage caused by school closures
South Africa’s universities have an important role to play as they overcome legacies of inequality
A visit to Japanese art island Chichu is both a meditation and an education
SA’s economy will need a growing supply of tech experts such as programmers and roboticists