Gauteng province scooped the most awards in the 2010 National Teaching Awards held last night at the Presidential Guesthouse House in Pretoria.
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/ 25 February 2011
Teachers trained at huge state expense could be lost to public education if the WCED does not find them teaching posts by Monday.
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/ 23 February 2011
Startling findings emerged when the state’s quality watchdog Umalusi revealed details about its controversial "standardisation" of the matric exams.
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/ 22 February 2011
Inequality across schools is so extreme that legislation should be amended to force the government to set minimum infrastructure standards.
More than 100 high school learners picketed outside Parliament on Thursday last week to draw attention to education crisis in the Eastern Cape.
Many children cannot connect their school curriculum to careers that interest them, writes <b>Mark Watson</b>.
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/ 16 February 2011
The lack of privacy at schools means that HIV tests on schoolchildren there must not proceed without proper planning and protection of human rights.
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/ 14 February 2011
Children’s rights experts and activists have welcomed government proposals offer HIV tests in schools.
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/ 10 February 2011
Every pupil in every school in Gauteng will be searched for illegal substances, the province’s safety and security minister said on Thursday.
It is unconscionable that 1,6-million learners in the Eastern Cape have been denied their right to school nutrition.
Research shows that parents do not know how to protect kids using the internet.
Parents are furious as children continue to be denied places at schools, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.
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/ 31 January 2011
Taking up a promotion or a new teaching post can be tricky, writes <b>Richard Hayward</b>, who warns of the pitfalls.
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/ 31 January 2011
SAICA is determined to increase the number of qualified accountants in South Africa by identifying high school learners who are doing well in maths.
<b>Mark Potterton</b> tackles a subject that makes both parents and educators hot under the collar.
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/ 28 January 2011
We agree with the argument of Sarah Gravett and Gillian Godsell that comparisons are odious when it comes to South African education.
Eastern Cape official says white male principals are prime offenders in school exclusions.
Let’s place the truth about the 2010 matric results on the table.
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/ 20 January 2011
An annual national award that recognises schools which promote principles of good governance and discipline has been launched in Johannesburg.
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/ 19 January 2011
Young science enthusiasts who want to follow in the footsteps of Albert Einstein may now test their skills in a global online science competition.
Critics need to take a more holistic view of the matric results.
No problems were reported on the first day of the school year on Wednesday, education authorities said.
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/ 12 January 2011
Education department officials were visiting various schools in Gauteng on Wednesday morning as pupils began a new school year.
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/ 17 December 2010
Trying to build a nation on second languages will destroy developmental goals and SA should strive for mother tongue education.
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/ 14 December 2010
Mondays and Fridays are the most "popular" days on which the majority of teachers take leave from school an HSRC report has found.
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/ 10 December 2010
SGBs expressed dismay this week that the department of basic education was discussing whether to remove their power to appoint school principals.
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/ 3 December 2010
The Suid Afrikaanse Onderwyser-Unie has served the GDE with notice to appear before the Labour Court over hat it calls "illegal strike deductions".
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/ 3 December 2010
Education and marginalisation was the major theme at the recent Public Participation in Education Network conference in Johannesburg.
Western Cape slashes funding to poor schools rogramme despite experts’ warnings.
New research shows that animal abuse puts children at risk of being affected by disabling disorders, writes <b>Louise van der Merwe</b>.
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/ 30 November 2010
Further research into the drop out rates of disabled children in South Africa is needed as these children and the youth are highly vulnerable.
Synergy is a school with a difference. Parents are brought into the community life of the school and do their own lessons.