World Bank report on Covid-19’s effect on education is disappointing
Especially in a country like South Africa with its huge inequalities, a digital divide and teacher unions
What we are learning about distance learning
Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg has learned some important lessons about teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown
Course notes on higher education transformation
Jonathan Jansen spells out the issues and difficulties in making SA a more equal society in his book, Leading for Change, writes Mark Potterton.
Primacy of exam results stunts pupils’ development
The education system focuses doggedly on the National Senior Certificate and the outcome of these exams, to the detriment of students.
Responsibility is a matter of principals
Improving access to quality education is a societal issue, but it’s for a school’s head to fish out the rot.
There is a way to weed out bullying
Teachers and pupils have a responsibility to animate a caring ethos in their institutions.
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Nip bullying in the bud
Ideas on how to create caring schools that build self-esteem.
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Teaching bullies a lesson
In part three of our series, <b>Mark Potterton</b> looks at what schools should do about bullying.
How to beat the bullies
In this second article in our series, <b>Mark Potterton</b> gives valuable tips on how to eradicate a worldwide scourge.
Bullying affects family life
Bullying is an ongoing problem in schools and in society. This month we start a series in which we explore what bullying is and how to deal with it.