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Pupils Speak Out: Jo’burg libraries not easy to navigate

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2015

From outdated resources to a lack of computers and curriculum books, it's difficult to find what you're looking for in Jo'burg's inner city libraries.

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Pupils Speak Out: Resources and pupil behaviour

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Sep 2015

Three pupils from two different schools discuss the major differences between being a pupil in Jo'burg's inner city and one in the Northern suburbs.

Pupils Speak Out: Rich and poor schools

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Sep 2015

An illuminating discussion between two pupils demonstrates that affluent and less well-off schools offer very different experiences.

Pupils Speak Out: Rich schools should share resources with poorer schools

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Aug 2015

Three pupils talk about their experiences of being in school. They each come from different backgrounds and go to schools in different areas.

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Pupils Speak Out: Schools need to make us more aware of our privilege

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Apr 2015

A weekly series of articles written by pupils who want to contribute to the debate about South Africa's education system.

Pupils Speak Out: If you can’t give us textbooks, give us computers

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Mar 2015

The basic education minister should give pupils textbooks and technology, but in reality there's still a lack of these critical education aids.

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Pupils Speak Out: Unqualified, disinterested teachers debilitate learning

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Jan 2015

Shortages, unqualified teachers and those giving lessons in areas they don't like are adding to education problems, writes one pupil.

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Pupils Speak Out: Not all public schools have the resources that my school has

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jan 2015

A 16-year-old Islamic pupil writes about her school experience, which is different from the average, and how we can go about changing education.

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Pupils Speak Out: Don’t make pupils walk so far, give them transport

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Dec 2014

Tax government workers and big business more so there is more money for scholar transport, an Eastern Cape pupil says.

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Pupils Speak Out: ‘They beat us in a way they would not beat their children’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Dec 2014

Corporal punishment may be illegal, but pupils are subjected to it anyway - leading them to feel ashamed to go to school. One pupil tells their story.

Pupils Speak Out: It’s not only pupils at no-fee schools that need feeding schemes

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Nov 2014

Government intervention is necessary to ensure that all children do not study on hungry stomachs because they are tired and drained.

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Pupils Speak Out: Teachers need to be alert to problems pupils might hide

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Nov 2014

Changes in a pupil’s behaviour or work might be an indication that they are experiencing a problem they may find difficult to talk about.

Pupils Speak Out: Popularity and smoking weed

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Nov 2014

A pupil from an inner city school in Johannesburg speaks about pupils who smoke weed and see it as a mechanism to influence their popularity.

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Pupils Speak Out: Weapons, bullying and intimidation

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Oct 2014

Two pupils from an inner-city school in Johannesburg tell how bullies use weapons to instil fear in pupils and certain teachers.

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