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Takalani Sesame muppets visiting your town

To celebrate 10 years of success the Takalani Sesame muppets will be conducting a tour of the country.

Spelling it out

Well Worn, an interactive theatre company, has produced an educational play to help learners and teachers deal with mounting environmental problems.

HIV/Aids:Know the basics

<strong>What is HIV?</strong>

UJ launches innovative initiative for principals

The DBSA has donated half a million rand ‘technical assistance grant" to the UJ to design an nnovative educational leadership initiative.

Cosas suspends protest over drag-race victims

Cosas bowed to community pressure and called off its protest action in Soweto.

DUT closes campus

The management of the besieged Durban University of Technology, which experienced violent protest on its campus this week has decided to suspend all academic activities.

Gauteng DoE woos retired teachers

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is inviting retired teachers and principals to a seminar this week in Midrand to see how it could use them to help in classrooms or in…

Mpumalanga Premier promises to stop matric exam leaks

The premier of Mpumalanga province, David Mabuza, has announced a range of interventions to stop the rot within the provincial education department’s examinations unit.

Indigenous inspiration

A teacher in rural Lesotho has won plaudits for her project which uses Information and communication technologies (ICT) to educate learners and the community about indigenous…

No-fees schools to be expanded

The department of education is pushing ahead with plans to expand the no-fees school programme in a move that has drawn mixed reactions by school governing body organisations.

Happy World Teachers’ Day

Happy World Teachers Day!

Meet the microbiologist

<strong>Lucille Blumberg</strong>

A compass that seeks out knowledge

Mohau Pheko is a political economist, an expert on African issues, a columnist, businesswoman, feminist, a researcher and policy analyst. She grew up in a political environment…

Register now for 2010 school year

With the end of the 2009 school year in sight, August and September have been set aside for parents to enrol their children in schools for the 2010 academic year.

Earth’s icy treasure

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest place on Earth. It is almost entirely covered in ice. The lowest temperature measured was -88&ordm;C. In the interior, wind speeds…

Harnessing technology for education

The power of technology as an educational tool was on display at the iLife Competition 2008 awards prize-giving held on Thursday night.

Multimedia platform to tackle adult learning

Adult education is to receive a shot in the arm with the release of a new programme that combines multimedia technology with mother-tongue learning to improve literacy and other…

Fire breaks out at DoE headquarters

Work has stopped at the department of education’s headquarters in Pretoria, after a fire broke out in the 123 Schoeman Street premises on Thursday.

Study probes teacher supply and demand in WCape

A study of the supply and demand for teachers in the Western Cape has found that while 95% of the province’s educators are qualified according to current requirements many of…

Techno-savvy teachers honoured

Five educators have been recognised for their contribution to improving learning in South African schools through the use of technology at the annual Innovative Teachers’ Forum…