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South African kids are really struggling with maths, and that’s where OLICO steps in to help
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OLICO Maths pupils score top marks in matric

Investing in the Future STEM Skills Development Award. Winner: OLICO Maths

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Eskom’s application to the energy regulator to recover some of its costs could hit consumers hard.
MATHS

Matric really does start in grade one

Maths is a stumbling block for young peoples’ future and they tripped up in primary school.

  • Nic Spaull 1
6 min read
Italy’s Andrea Belotti and Sweden’s Sebastian Larsson in action.
EDUCATION

20% maths decree sets a dangerous precedent for schooling in South Africa

Learning the fundamentals of maths can equip children with critical thinking and reasoning skills.

  • Clive Kronenberg
6 min read
When African countries strengthen and grow their research and innovation capabilities
ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION

​Pupils’ 20% pass reflects crisis in maths teaching

South Africans should be deeply worried about the state of maths teaching and learning.

  • Elizabeth Walton
3 min read
BASIC EDUCATION

​Shaky data skews literacy results

South African education does have a good story to tell — but not the one told by misleading statistics.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
Add it up: A new tutoring model is succeeding in areas where pupils tend to fare poorly at maths and science. Cedric Petersen, Maths Centre
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

DA: Maths in free fall in our schools

The fall in students studying maths and schools offering the subject is causing alarm – but the government’s own figures paint a confusing picture.

  • Victoria John
3 min read
Health worker infections have risen to 170 at state and private hospitals and two healthcare staff succumb to the disease in a space of seven days. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Schools required to pick up slack with maths, science

The Department of Basic Education is putting measures in place to ensure schools stop dropping the two critical subjects.

  • Bongani Nkosi
4 min read
MATHS

Matric maths scrapped at 300 schools

The country’s skills shortage is to be worsened by the increasing move to mathematics literacy.

  • Bongani Nkosi
6 min read
CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISE

Maths teaching in SA adds up to multiplying class divisions

Poor performance in public schools is likely to accelerate the growth of private education.

  • Jane Hofmeyr
  • Jeff Mccarthy Cde
11 min read
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Maths Literacy: Gr 12 SSIP Booklet Sessions 1-2 TN (2013)

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The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GRADE 12

Maths Literacy: Gr12 SSIP Booklet Session 1-2 LHS (2013)

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The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GRADE 12

Maths Literact: Gr 12 SSIP Session 3 – 5 LN (2013)

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The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GRADE 12

Maths Literacy: Gr 12 SSIP Sessions 3 – 5 (2013) LHS

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The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GRADE 12

Maths Literacy: Gr 12 SSIP Booklet Sessions 1-2 LN (2013)

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The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
GRADE 12

Maths Literacy: Gr 12 SSIP Session 3 – 5 TN (2013)

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