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/ 29 November 2010
Department of basic education has not redeployed any suspended officials.
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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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/ 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
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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/ 18 October 2010
Plans are on track for the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre to move to new premises next year.
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/ 14 October 2010
An initiative aimed at inculcating values such as civic responsibility, respect, ubuntu, tolerance, and dignity is taking schools by storm.
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/ 13 October 2010
The Johannesburg Planetarium, owned and operated by the University of the Witwatersrand, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year.
A programme is placing graduates in struggling schools to teach maths and more.
<b>Thabo Mohlala</b> provides an account of Thursday’s proceedings at the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union’s 7th National Congress.
The role of school district officers was one of the critical issues under the spotlight at the Education Week Convention in Ekurhuleni this week.
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/ 29 September 2010
Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape are home to most of the country’s dysfunctional schools, which recorded the worst pass rates in the 2009 N
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/ 15 September 2010
Microsoft South Africa’s 2010 Innovative Teachers’ Awards competition is off to a flying start with the first group of winners announced.
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/ 15 September 2010
About 30 000 learners from grades nine to 12 will benefit from an initiative to help them make informed choices about a future career.
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/ 15 September 2010
This year’s Education Week Convention and Learning Expo will put the spotlight on technology as an innovative tool to enhance classroom teaching.
There are doubts that Angie Motshekga’s plans will yield the desired results, writes <b>Thabo Mohlala</b>.
With such little time left I have serious reservations that we will finish the syllabus. Even if we try to, it would be a rushed process’
With no end in sight to the crippling teacher strike, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has appealed to the public to assist matric learners.
As a successful fashion designer, Elizabeth Zambonini chose to form a non-governmental outfit that helps troubled women from poor backgrounds.
Nomfanelo Magwentshu was the little-known person who really worked hard to ensure everything operated like clockwork during the Soccer World Cup.
More women have taken up leadership positions in various business and government structures, but there is a great deal that still needs to be done.
Unions have rejected the latest offer from government, increasing the possibility of a public service strike next week which could shut down schools.
Last-ditch talks to avoid a strike that could see many schools stop teaching next week were postponed from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
The threat of strike action by 1,3-million civil servants– including teachers — is looming after unions rejected the state’s "revised" wage offer.
Nestlé, a multinational food company, has put together a "train-the-trainer" programme for community-based organisations to educate people.
A novel campaign using dance as its medium has been launched to fight drug addiction in schools, writes <b>Thabo Mohlala</b>.
A South African branch of Honeywell International has created a scholarship programme aimed at empowering teachers in maths and science.
The government’s promise to provide every teacher with a portable computer has not yet materialised, writes <b>Thabo Mohlala</b>.
The MTN Sciencentre carries knowledge to schools and the public at large in an innovative way.
Gauteng Education Department is dragged to court after World Cup business venture goes pear-shaped.
An ambitious project to impart broadcasting and audio-visual skills to high school learners during the World Cup soccer extravaganza and beyond, has been launched by iSchoolAfrica — a company specialising in integrating information and communications technology into teaching and learning.
Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, synonymous with science and technology school activities, has put together a exhibition to coincide with the World Cup.