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EDUCATION

School biometrics system implementation to enforce accountability

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) aimed to pilot a biometrics system within public schools to assess its viability and effectiveness in enforcing teacher accountability in South Africa. The department was expected to analyse the potential...
By: Natasha Odendaal
26 Feb 13
 
 
TechTrack - Dr Kelvin Kemm

Introducing learners to chess at an early age will help boost matric results

Newspapers recently announced the start of the annual matric exam trek for thousands of school learners. One could virtually hear the drum roll as the country waits, with bated breath, to see what the results will be. It is not only the matric...
By: Kelvin Kemm
09 Nov 12
 
 
Economy

Business schools should produce leaders who serve the greater good

South Africa needs to embrace the responsibilities that come with the freedom and the rights it gained when the country became a democracy in 1994 and produce leaders who will not conform to dominant paradigms, but rather lead according to what...
By: Yolandi Booyens
07 Sep 12
 
 
EDUCATION

Inside efforts to turn the tide on SA’s poor maths and science performance

It has become blindingly obvious to all South Africans that the prevailing deficiencies in basic maths and science education have become a major, if not the major, constraint in ensuring that the country’s human capital is fully aligned to the...
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi
03 Aug 12
 
 
BASIC EDUCATION

Inside efforts to turn the tide on South Africa’s poor maths and science performance

It has become blindingly obvious to all South Africans that the prevailing deficiencies in basic maths and science education have become a major, if not the major, constraint in ensuring that the country’s human capital is fully aligned to the...
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi
03 Aug 12
 
 
ANC POLICY

Failure to agree on health, education as essential services

The ANC cannot agree on whether education and health should be classified as essential services, officials said at the party's policy conference in Midrand on Friday. "The commission resolved that... the process should continue to find a...
By: Sapa
29 Jun 12
 
 
education infrastructure

School building receiving top-level attention, but details vague

Recent high-profile media reports have exposed serious backlogs in the provision of basic educational infrastructure. One story, which featured on the front page of the Sunday Times, described how 14 teachers in Silvermine, in Limpopo province,...
By: Schalk Burger
29 Jun 12
 
 
Education Infrastructure

School building programme receiving top-level attention, but implementation details remain vague

Recent high-profile media reports have exposed some the serious backlogs in the provision of basic educational infrastructure.
By: Schalk Burger
29 Jun 12
 
 
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

SA seeks to align education strategy with big projects push

The Department of Higher Education and Training is preparing to move forward on strategies to meet the skills requirements for South Africa’s ambitious infrastructure programme announced last week, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said...
By: Natasha Odendaal
17 Feb 12
 
 
TechTrack - Dr Kelvin Kemm

Our education system must aim to equip learners with thinking skills

The education authorities across the country should be congratulated on the improved matric results that were announced for the end of 2011.
By: Kelvin Kemm
17 Feb 12
 
 
ADMINISTRATION

Probe into Limpopo finances set to go deeper

Public Works Minister Thembelani Nxesi says an extensive investigation will reveal whether there has been an inappropriate use of funds by the department’s Limpopo provincial office. This follows claims that contracts amounting to millions of...
By: Bua News
20 Jan 12
 
 
LIMPOPO FINANCE

Limpopo faces R2bn shortfall

Limpopo faces a potential shortfall of R2-billion at the end of the financial year, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday. "Why has this situation come about in Limpopo? The province has large, accumulated unauthorised expenditure which has...
By: Sapa
19 Jan 12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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