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/ 30 November 2010
In the eighth column in his series, <b>Aarnout Brombacher</b> explains the important difference between real-life problems and abstracts.
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/ 30 November 2010
To set goals that can be achieved, you need to stick to a certain formula.
Those who are lucky receive a 13th cheque, but most overspend and wake up to a New Year debt hangover.
<b>Thabo Mohlala</b> quizzed the newly appointed chief executive officer of Needu, Dr John Volmink, on how the new structure will operate.
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/ 29 November 2010
This exercise needs to be thought out well before the start of the new school year.
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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
Department of basic education has not redeployed any suspended officials.
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/ 29 November 2010
SAASTA is urging grade 11 and 12 learners to take part in the 2011 National Science Olymnpiad.
Looking at statistics and media reports, one can only wonder how to keep children safe and out of harm’s way.
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/ 29 November 2010
Each year, on November 25, the world commemorates the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women.
Soul City’s Phuza Wize campaign is highlighting the link between alcohol and Aids, writes <b>Savera Kalideen</b>.
The Soul City Phuza Wize Drink Safe Live Safe campaign has come up with a new way to make schools alcohol-free.
Hlayiseka is a school intervention which aims to equip South African schools burdened with violence to cope better with their situation.
Parents kept in the dark about government policy on payments and exemptions.
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/ 25 November 2010
The destruction of matric scripts in Cape Town has brought into focus what measures exist to compensate pupils when their scripts are lost.
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/ 18 November 2010
South Africa should consider privatising its public school system to achieve value for money.
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/ 12 November 2010
Children in the foundation phase need teachers who they get to know, who they can relate to and who can give them more than instruction.
Bill of Rights notwithstanding, gender-based violence at schools is as prevalent as ever.
The crisis of teaching in the early grades disadvantages the majority of children, argues <b>Michael Rice</b>.
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/ 1 November 2010
If Bill Gates is excited about online education, you should be, too, suggests <b>Anna Malczyk</b>.
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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.
Policymakers eager to please the West transplant policies that stunt the continent’s growth.
Socioeconomic background makes all the difference when it comes to matric exams.
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/ 28 October 2010
The Democratic Alliance has proposed that Parliament debate what exactly constitutes the minimum standards of the right to education.
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/ 28 October 2010
Gauteng provincial education minister Barbara Creecy this week handed out cellphones to principals and officials, in a bid to improve communication.
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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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/ 27 October 2010
Bob Skinstad has announced a R1-million partnership between his foundation and SAB to donate uniquely designed shoes to impoverished learners.
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/ 27 October 2010
Melia Moeketsi is still ecstatic after she received this year’s ‘Super Teacher of the Year’ award.
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/ 22 October 2010
A team of learners at Johannesburg’s Deutsche Internationale Schule are hoping other schools will follow their lead and enter the SA Solar Challenge.
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/ 22 October 2010
Principals and analysts have welcomed moves by the education department to introduce a policy on the promotion and progression of grade 1-9 learners.
Two grade 11 tourism studies learners from North West province have won a trip to an international tourism conference in Germany.