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Behind the first-year flood
Universities that offer diplomas as well as degrees appear to be the first choice of students who have been flooding universities.
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Flood of new matrics besiege varsities
Two Johannesburg universities were flooded this week by unprecedented numbers of students seeking late admission.
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Class of 2010 in limbo
More than 20% of learners who heard last week that they had passed the matric exams could be left in limbo in the 2011 academic year.
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A matter of principals
SGBs expressed dismay this week that the department of basic education was discussing whether to remove their power to appoint school principals.
‘Cut only the fat’
Western Cape slashes funding to poor schools rogramme despite experts’ warnings.
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“Still in chains”, says black honours graduate
A UCT graduate has written a scathing open letter to HET MInister Blade Nzimande detailing the difficulties he and other black graduates face.
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Who will lecture the lecturers?
University lecturers should themselves be taught how to teach, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said on Tuesday.
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Time to get “Real”
Wits’ prestigious EPU has relaunched itself by announcing a new research focus – the relationship between education and the labour market.
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Parliament mulls scrapping VAT on books
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance is considering amending the budget to allow for a zero-rating of VAT on books.
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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.