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Rethinking the building blocks
Alternative models of primary schooling could provide localised knowledge that is truly relevant.
Africa fails to understand the lessons
The continent needs greater political commitment to rescue its rural and peri-urban schools, writes Martin Prew.
Schooling gets an F but still passes
The question is not how to improve the disastrous system but rather how it can be reconfigured.
Whose head should roll?
Firing the education minister will not rectify flawed procurement and intervention powers.
Neighbourly lessons in education
Why is the schooling system in Zimbabwe still outscoring the South African one?
Matric results do make sense
Identifying three trends evident in 2010 should help legitimise the pass rate for those who remain sceptical, writes <B>Martin Prew</b>.
Time for a debate
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga recently released the "Schooling 2025" blueprint. Have you read it? Did you comment on it?
SA Education: A case of mistaken identity
Normally opinionated and confident education professionals still struggle to explain why the majority of South Africa’s schools are so bad.