Education cannot take place in a vacuum, it should meet the needs of the community, writes
<b>Primarashni Gower</b>.
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/ 3 February 2011
School teachers and their learners can now take virtual field trips, following the launch of the local Google Street View Teachers’ Guide.
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/ 29 November 2010
South African educators once again did well in a global project that encourages teachers to use technology to transform education.
<b>Primarashni Gower</b> speaks to Graeme Bloch, author of <i>The Toxic Mix: What is Wrong with SA’s Schools and How to Fix It</i>.
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/ 29 November 2010
SAASTA is urging grade 11 and 12 learners to take part in the 2011 National Science Olymnpiad.
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/ 1 November 2010
The DBE is aiming to utilise technology as a developmental tool for teacher education as well as integrating it into the school curriculum.
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/ 27 October 2010
Two Western Cape schools have become the first participants in a global project aimed at addressin g pressing environmental issues using technology.
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/ 19 October 2010
Hundreds of teachers, education leaders and tech experts will gather in Cape Town next week for the finals of the World Innovative Education Forum.
The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement is urging grade 11 and 12’s to participate in the 2011 National Science Olympia
Teachers and learners can now take virtual field trips to areas of importance using the local Google Street View Teachers’ Guide.
Barbara Mallinson spoke to <b>Primarashni Gower</b> about the launch of her school networking site, <a href="www.obami.com">www.obami.com</a>.
With National Science Week in August, <b>Primarashni Gower</b> spoke to Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor about the importance of science.
What do Pratley putty, rooibos tea, the Kreepy Krauly pool cleaner, and Mrs Ball’s chutney have in common?
In fact, one of the guiding principles of <i>Belacqua and so it goes</i> is to think aloud about possible future scenarios for higher education.
A quality audit tells university to get its vast house in order, write <b>Cornia Pretorius</b> and <b>Primarashni Gower</b>.
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/ 12 October 2009
Music blares from the house as people walk past the corrugated-iron sliding gate, trying to sidestep a used condom lying on the pavement.
Attending a short course in project management does not make you a project manager.
South Africa’s poorest learners can definitely look forward to one major school reform under a Jacob Zuma-led government -— smaller class sizes.
The "easy" questions in the 2008 national senior certificate maths exam could have been easier; while the difficult questions could have been more difficult. Had this occurred, fewer learners would have achieved "A" symbol passes.
South Africans should demand greater accountability from teachers and their unions to arrest the chronic underperformance in many schools.
Research production in the SADC has dropped significantly in the past few years, but plans are in place to remedy the situation.
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/ 3 February 2009
FUSSY FREYA by Katharine Quarmby and Piet Grober (illustrator)
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/ 22 January 2009
The difficulty of rating education policies – and the work of ministers of education for that matter – is that their true successes and failures emerge only over time. By their very nature public education systems are unwieldy thereby disallowing quick fixes.
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/ 28 December 2008
The legacy of OBE is revealing itself through those who have lived the changes, write Cornia Pretorius and Primarashni Gower.
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/ 20 October 2008
Engineering, health sciences and student housing to receive lion’s share of new funding. Primarashni Gower reports.
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/ 20 October 2008
The latest antics between the eThekwini municipality and the University of KwaZulu-Natal could make even Albert Einstein turn in his grave.
Private tertiary education institution St Augustine College of South Africa will offer a BCom degree next year.
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/ 8 September 2008
More than 1 000 schools country-wide are taking part in a programme to cut the epidemic of violence and crime among school learners. Hlayiseka is a R3,5-million project run by the education department in conjunction with the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention.
The University of Johannesburg is spending R25-million on scholarships for master’s and PhD students, some of whom will be guaranteed employment
The days of learners receiving their lessons in tumble-down mud schools are nearing an end, with the allocation of R2,7-billion by the national treasury to provinces to eradicate such schools.
Last year 17 institutions received R148-million in development grants above their research subsidies, from a total R1,38-billion in research subsidies.
Teacher union officials are pulling members from after-hours gatherings called by the Gauteng department of education in a campaign to stop meetings being called at the last minute.