Keeping the standards high
Attention to detail, self-discipline and good teaching
add up to a good academic record, writes <b>Yazeed Kamaldien</b>.
Schools
No image available
Cabinet lifeline for EC schools
For the first time since 1994, national government has invoked legislation and taken over the running of a provincial education department.
No image available
Cosatu: ‘Get to school on time!’
Trade union federation Cosatu has thrown its weight behind an education NGO’s campaign to encourage learners to get to school on time.
Gauteng teachers tops at NTA
Gauteng province scooped the most awards in the 2010 National Teaching Awards held last night at the Presidential Guesthouse House in Pretoria.
No image available
Expensively trained, nowhere to teach
Teachers trained at huge state expense could be lost to public education if the WCED does not find them teaching posts by Monday.
No image available
Matric: Umalusi reveals all – almost
Startling findings emerged when the state’s quality watchdog Umalusi revealed details about its controversial "standardisation" of the matric exams.
No image available
Law ‘should force govt to act’ on education crisis
Inequality across schools is so extreme that legislation should be amended to force the government to set minimum infrastructure standards.
EC education crisis comes to Parliament
More than 100 high school learners picketed outside Parliament on Thursday last week to draw attention to education crisis in the Eastern Cape.
Forget fantasy, it’s time to get real about work
Many children cannot connect their school curriculum to careers that interest them, writes <b>Mark Watson</b>.
No image available
HIV testing must ‘protect learners’ rights’
The lack of privacy at schools means that HIV tests on schoolchildren there must not proceed without proper planning and protection of human rights.
No image available
Activists welcome HIV tests at school
Children’s rights experts and activists have welcomed government proposals offer HIV tests in schools.
No image available
Substance abuse at Gauteng schools ‘is frightening’
Every pupil in every school in Gauteng will be searched for illegal substances, the province’s safety and security minister said on Thursday.
Stand up for kids who attend school hungry
It is unconscionable that 1,6-million learners in the Eastern Cape have been denied their right to school nutrition.
Children at risk of online bullying
Research shows that parents do not know how to protect kids using the internet.
Excluded learners take to the streets
Parents are furious as children continue to be denied places at schools, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.
No image available
The pitfalls of a new job
Taking up a promotion or a new teaching post can be tricky, writes <b>Richard Hayward</b>, who warns of the pitfalls.
No image available
Increasing accountants step by step
SAICA is determined to increase the number of qualified accountants in South Africa by identifying high school learners who are doing well in maths.
Unique vs uniform
<b>Mark Potterton</b> tackles a subject that makes both parents and educators hot under the collar.
No image available
Meaningful partners in education
We agree with the argument of Sarah Gravett and Gillian Godsell that comparisons are odious when it comes to South African education.
Culprits fingered in school exclusion cases
Eastern Cape official says white male principals are prime offenders in school exclusions.
Learners set up for failure
Let’s place the truth about the 2010 matric results on the table.
No image available
Rewarding good school governance
An annual national award that recognises schools which promote principles of good governance and discipline has been launched in Johannesburg.
No image available
The search is on for science prodigies
Young science enthusiasts who want to follow in the footsteps of Albert Einstein may now test their skills in a global online science competition.
Private good; public not so bad
Critics need to take a more holistic view of the matric results.
First day of school gets govt thumbs-up
No problems were reported on the first day of the school year on Wednesday, education authorities said.
No image available
Education officials visit Gauteng schools
Education department officials were visiting various schools in Gauteng on Wednesday morning as pupils began a new school year.
No image available
‘Rural children just need a chance to be world beaters’
Trying to build a nation on second languages will destroy developmental goals and SA should strive for mother tongue education.
No image available
‘Teachers’ leave linked to poverty’
Mondays and Fridays are the most "popular" days on which the majority of teachers take leave from school an HSRC report has found.
No image available
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.
No image available
Unions, GDE at odds over deductions
The Suid Afrikaanse Onderwyser-Unie has served the GDE with notice to appear before the Labour Court over hat it calls "illegal strike deductions".
No image available
A school system designed to fail kids
Education and marginalisation was the major theme at the recent Public Participation in Education Network conference in Johannesburg.
‘Cut only the fat’
Western Cape slashes funding to poor schools rogramme despite experts’ warnings.
