Rural Education
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When home tongues clash with classroom words
South Africa’s official African languages mask dozens of dialects, affecting millions, especially in rural areas
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Community trusts are greening the future
The trusts are designed to ensure that a portion of the profits of renewable energy projects are shared with the people who live near them
Making education more homely
Informal learning not only can, but should, be used as the foundation for formal schooling.
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Young Voices: What do you think needs to be done to better education?
The common response among 82 primary school children in the Western Cape and Gauteng has been that more schools needed to be built in rural areas.
A “big noise” on rural education
In a first for South Africa, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has established a chair of rural education.