Economic exclusion of blacks must first be addressed in the classroom and thereafter in the boardroom.
This is the view of the DA, which yesterday released a discussion document on black economic empowerment and equality in education.
Central to the … Read the rest
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu yesterday called on the Public Service Commission to increase the number of unannounced inspections of public schools and other education facilities.
The Public Service minister said she was worried about the statistics from the Human Sciences Research … Read the rest
Problems inherited from the apartheid era can be solved through research, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said – without irony – on Saturday, as South Africa struggles with ever worsening maths en science results since 1994.
South Africa has hit rock … Read the rest
by Shabtai Gold
US President Barack Obama was met Saturday with songs, cheers and laughter from young South Africans at a university in the Soweto area of Johannesburg.
Before he entered the room, the crowd sang songs from the struggle … Read the rest
The court case between the Gauteng education department and Rivonia Primary School over admission policies is crucial for access to education, Section27 said on Wednesday.
“The Constitutional Court’s decision in the case is a crucial one for the future of … Read the rest
South Africa’s maths and science education has been ranked second last in the world, ahead of Yemen, according to a World Economic Forum report.
The quality of the country’s general education system ranked 140 out of 144 countries, while internet … Read the rest
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Plans to re-introduce teacher training colleges were underway with one former college scheduled to re-open next week, Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande said on Thursday. Speaking at a New Age business briefing in Johannesburg, he said the first school |
Eleven-year-old Sam (not his real name) went to school on Wednesday, as on any other day. But he returned home scarred for life.
The Grade 6 pupil at Refilwe Primary School, in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria, was allegedly raped by … Read the rest
Inequalities in South Africa are threatening economic growth, with children born into poor families unlikely ever to escape poverty or reap the rewards of living in Africa’s largest economy.
The World Bank’s sobering assessment released last week found that a … Read the rest
The steady decline over the past five years in the number of matric pupils studying science has education experts worried.
The number of pupils studying science fell from 229934 in 2008 to 182083 this year.
Though there has been a … Read the rest
AUSTIN, Texas — Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium’s 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions Director Kedra Ishop sees how much has changed since the 1990s, when she was a black student at
The Freedom Front has in reaction to research undertaken by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), which indicates that there is a correlation between the employment of an individual and the individual’s level of education, regardless of race, … Read the rest
Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer poured scorn on South Africa’s education system on Tuesday as “a wreck” over the failure to deliver textbooks to thousands of public schools.
The scandal has caused a national furore after leaving more than … Read the rest
Thousands of burnt textbooks have been found in a warehouse in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape, the DA said on Monday.
“We have written to MEC Mandla Makupula demanding an explanation as to how valuable public resources for Eastern … Read the rest
