The <i>Teacher</i> looks at who’s who in education in the nine provinces.
Elections for school governing body (SGB) representatives have started across South Africa, with parents urged to take responsibility and get involved in the running of their children’s schools.
South African fans are in for a treat when the six continental champions and the World Cup hosts and holders clash in the Fifa Confederations Cup in June.
Each year about 1.9-million people die as a direct result of physical inactivity. The World Health Organisation estimates that if an adult does just 30 minutes of moderate activity five days a week, he or she can reduce the risk of contracting non-communicable diseases, such as colon cancer, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The Shuttleworth Foundation has joined in partnership with Rice University in the United States to provide an online curriculum aligned with the South African school syllabus.
For the uninitiated a permaculture garden might appear to be an eyesore with its irregular soil mounds and layers of grass providing cover to the soil, but it is being used to successfully provide schools with much needed food gardens.
If you want to stay fit and healthy, regular checkups are a must.
More than two million South African school children are expected to take part in the vote for the annual World Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (WCPRC), which opened this week.
E-learning in the Western Cape is taking a leap forward with the introduction of Apple technology to improve design and music learning at high schools in the province.
The provision of laptop computers to permanently employed teachers in public schools is soon to become a ÂÂcondition of service, with almost R3-billion being made available over the next five years. However, teacher unions have warned that training on the use of the computers is imperative, while analysts emphasise that the education department must monitor […]
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/ 25 February 2009
For the first time, the King report will include corporate social responsibility, writes Ryan Hoffmann.
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/ 19 February 2009
For the next 18 months Sibabalwe Swartbooi will get an inside track into the intricacies of the business world.
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/ 18 February 2009
With Oscar fever in the air, it was fitting for the producers of the first South African flick to win the sought after statue to return to the Soweto location where they filmed Tsotsi.
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/ 16 February 2009
Authorities in four provinces have started the rollout of a plan that will provide thousands of needy learners with free school uniforms.
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/ 10 February 2009
The introduction of the Funza Lushaka bursary scheme has seen a dramatic rise in the number of learners registering for teacher training at South African universities. In some cases, student numbers have doubled at a few institutions.
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/ 27 January 2009
Bit by bit, the ORT foundation phase maths project hopes to create a generation of learners who love the subject.
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/ 13 January 2009
High school learners looking to improve their grades have been given a boost with the launch of an online application by supplementary education provider Star Schools.
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/ 12 January 2009
Education minister Naledi Pandor has given her assurance that all outstanding National Senior Certificate results will be made available by the January 31.
The Department of Education has given its assurance that all 2008 National Senior Certificate (NSC) candidates will have their results before schools reopen in mid-January.
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/ 21 October 2008
There must be something in the water supply at Wendywood Primary School in Sandton, north of Johannesburg that makes the school’s educators go above and beyond the call of duty.
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/ 8 September 2008
The uninformed may think teaching is a cushy profession, with short working hours and a generous amount of holidays.
The growing prominence attached to professional sport has seen coaches and athletes searching for ways to keep ahead of the pack.