Education
Each year, the release of the matric results unleashes a frantic conversation about how to meet the demand for skilled workers to support the South...
The University of the Witwatersrand has fired a senior academic who was found guilty of sexually harassing three colleagues.
Officials appointed to set and moderate exam question papers at technical colleges are fuming over the higher education department’s failure to...
Tens of thousands of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) college graduates are still waiting for their certificates — some...
The South African government spends...
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,...
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