Adults’ attitudes to sex education in SA and across the continent are increasing the risk of children falling pregnant and contracting HIV/Aids.
Pupils from various schools have told the <i>M&G</i> iPads assist the learning process by making it more interactive.
No national statistics exist for corporal punishment in South African schools and although it is illegal, it is still commonly applied.
Stellenbosch University has started drawing up a policy to deal with incidents of racist and homophobic harassment, especially in the residences.
Equal Education has threatened to go to court in an attempt to overturn the decision to deny the organisation permission to march on Wednesday.
Pupils from an Eastern Cape school that was torched amid a row over plans to improve its conditions, have not had any lessons for a week, now.
A misunderstanding over building materials has led to the torching of an Eastern Cape school, and the subsequent arrest of 98 children for arson.
This week UCT is celebrating Open Education Week — a global event aimed at creating awareness about the benefits of open sharing in education.
Experts say technology in schools will only be effective if teachers have been trained to use the resources correctly.
Bankrupt only a decade ago, the University of the Western Cape is now a research leader.
Parents claim child abuse and financial mismanagement is rife at Glenstantia Primary School but expert says teachers often lack support.
Their basic education has been blamed for not preparing them for their first sexual encounters
Research conducted in South Africa shows two thirds of the grade 6 learners surveyed did not know enough about HIV/Aids to protect their health.
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/ 2 February 2012
The University of Venda will provide learners in rural areas with career and study counselling next week.
Associations say the vast majority of school governing bodies are dysfunctional — contradicting the state’s suggestion of only 30% not functioning.
Education Minister Angie Motshekga has urged parents to make themselves available for nomination in the 2012 school governing body elections.
Cosatu has been mediating between teachers and the Eastern Cape education department to end the go-slow at schools over poor working conditions.
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/ 26 January 2012
In a small village in Limpopo, a private-public collaboration has launched a project to give under-resourced schools a fighting chance.
Various organisations are investigating the legal basis on which new regulations can be challenged.
UFS vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen says students are graduating from weaker universities with the same lack of basic skills as when they left school.
Experts question the proposal of a new application system for universities and the touting of FET colleges as a viable alternative to universities.
After a fatal stampede in Johannesburg, questions are being raised about why late applicants in Gauteng target UJ and not other universities.
Umalusi says none of the marks for the 11 adjusted matric subjects were changed by more than 5% and is part of a standardisation process.
There are other factors to consider before we celebrate the ‘improved’ quality of our schooling.
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/ 2 December 2011
Sadtu have threatened to protest if the Eastern Cape education department goes ahead with its plan to dismiss 4 200 temporary teachers.
Students say schools are often hostile to diverse sexual orientations and to gender rights.
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/ 22 November 2011
Eastern Cape matrics are safe from a teachers’ strike for now but tensions remain high as Sadtu takes the department of education to court.
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/ 15 November 2011
About 53 000 Eastern Cape teachers have moved closer to striking as their union talks tough, setting Friday as the deadline for government to respond.
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/ 11 November 2011
‘Strategies’ used by officials to exclude refugees from SA schools were highlighted in a workshop convened by an education rights research group.
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/ 11 November 2011
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union could not guarantee that a strike by 53 000 teachers would not disrupt matric exams.
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/ 11 November 2011
The early development of children was the focus of a major conference in Gauteng last weekend.
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/ 9 November 2011
The department of basic education is scrambling to avert a possible strike by 53 000 teachers — in the middle of the matric exams.