Education

COMMENTIn response to the recent release of the matric results, many education commentators implied that stronger investment in the foundation phase of schooling is likely to lead to more sustained improvement in school education and therefore to better matric results....

COMMENTIn the past, the word “statistician” conjured up images of a nerdy guy in drab grey clothes, sitting in a corner and tapping away...

COMMENTThe start of the academic year is looming in South Africa. The student protests that rocked most public universities’ campuses in...

The possible suspension of five senior executives, including four deputy vice-chancellors, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), could...

Don’t jump to the conclusion that, judging by 2016’s matric results, boys are better than girls at maths.

COMMENTWhile most of us were enjoying a break from a challenging year, a significant Government Gazette was issued calling...

COMMENT’Tis the season of the numbers … Every January South Africa puts on its diagnostic hat and interrogates the matric results to...

You’ve got to feel for South Africa’s matriculants, particularly if they come from poor families, weren’t educated in their home languages,...

COMMENTOver the past two years, universities have become increasingly contested spaces. Student movements have rejected the status quo and...

ANALYSISThe standardisation of national examination results generates public interest whenever Umalusi announces the approval of the results...

A college owned by a Limpopo businessperson accused of leaking a matric maths exam paper last year is among 18 schools that obtained a 0% pass rate...

With yesterday's announcement of the 2016 matriculation results, the discourse is being dominated by a fixation on the results, with provincial...

The 2016 matric results are out, and hundreds of thousands of pupils across the country have discovered their fate. Basic Education Minister Angie...

The national school pass rate rose for the first time in three years as the government boosted spending on education and teachers got to grips with...

The 2016 national matric pass rate is 72.5%, an increase of 1.8% from 70.7% in 2015.