Level the field and let the pupils choose
What is so unreasonable about the prelim-exam demands of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas)?
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UKZN privatisation dispute rolls on
Students incensed by apparent privatisation plans at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) were due to continue protests on Thursday and Friday.
UCT pops up on global varsity list
After global rankings last week put only one SA university in its top 200 — UCT — a second set of rankings this week also singled out UCT.
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Doing it by the book
The first National Book Week suffered a strike-induced hitch on Monday when attendance of school children dropped dramatically on its final day.
‘Residence privatisation’ causes rumpus at UKZN
Student protests at the University of KwaZulu-Natal escalated as rumours of plans to privatise residences swept through the university’s campuses.
Nzimande: “Season of summits over — it’s time to act”
"I want to declare now the end of the season of summits," said Blade Nzimande in his closing address on Friday to the skills summit in Gauteng.
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Northern Cape scraps matric prelims
In an unprecedented move, the Northern Cape education department has scrapped matric prelim exams for the class of 2010.
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Labour and business must unite, says Motlanthe
Labour and business must unite to meet the country’s human resource development imperatives, said Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday.
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Nzimande: Setas key to skills development
It is "bizarre" to call for the scrapping of Setas, said Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Thursday.
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Teacher strike over, but new pay row looms
As teachers trickled back to work after their strike was suspended on Monday, unions looked to be heading for a showdown over the no work, no pay rule
