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Maths
education

Are you smarter than a matric student: Can you answer these maths questions?

Joe Slovo Park learner earns seven distinctions
Education

Joe Slovo Park learner earns seven distinctions despite harsh conditions

Free online courses
Education

Free online courses could be a path to higher education in Africa

Maths
Education

Are you smarter than a matric student: Can you answer these maths questions?

Joe Slovo Park learner earns seven distinctions
Education

Joe Slovo Park learner earns seven distinctions despite harsh conditions

Free online courses
Education

Free online courses could be a path to higher education in Africa

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations broke
Education

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations breakdown

By Ground Up26-01-2023 21:39

Negotiations between the University of Cape Town’s management and its largest union deadlocked on Thursday in a matter before the CCMA

100% matric pass
Education

How to achieve a 100% matric pass rate with limited resources

By Ground Up26-01-2023 16:27

Independent no-fee school Bulungula College is the first in Elliotdale’s history to achieve 100% pass rate

school dropout increases in Northern Cape municipality
Education

School dropout increases in Northern Cape municipality

By Ground Up24-01-2023 08:57

Northern Cape municipality school dropout crisis worsens as only 15% learners pass matric. Children don’t see the need to attend school.

Bursary Programmes for 2023
Education

Bursary programmes for 2023

By Ethel Mannya20-01-2023 18:01

2023 academic year for tertiary institutions is on the horizon and here is a list of available bursaries currently open.

Mud built school neglected by DBE
Eastern Cape

Mud-built Eastern Cape school neglected by education department

By Ground Up20-01-2023 09:23

Ixopo Junior Secondary School in Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape was built decades ago by villagers, using mud bricks and grass roofs

choosing an in-demand career for employment.
Education

List of in-demand careers in South Africa

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele17-01-2023 18:47

Occupation in high demand requires choosing an in-demand career. Learners in need to train and get demanding skills for employment.

an opportunity to pass matric.
Education

Second Chance Matric Programme

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele13-01-2023 17:22

A second chance to pass matric with the Department of Basic Education’s Second Chance Matric Programme

NSFAS
Education

How to apply for NSFAS funding!

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele13-01-2023 17:01

NSFAS applications are open, and students are encouraged to apply in time for academic year 2023, and not wait for last minute

Pregnant teen
Education

Pregnant learners in South Africa need creches and compassion to keep them in school

By The Conversation13-01-2023 11:05

After Boitumelo gave birth she decided not to go back to school. She assumed that, because she was now a mother, she would be barred from returning.

undocumented children
Education

Undocumented children struggle to find schools

By Ground Up13-01-2023 09:46

Many children of immigrant parents who are undocumented are struggling to get places in South African schools.

First grader school shooting
Education

6-year-old becomes youngest shooter in Virginia school shooting

By The Conversation10-01-2023 20:10

Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest school shooters in the nation’s history.

Afghanistan women protest
Education

Afghan women protest against university ban – ‘Rights for everyone or no one’

By Agence France-Presse22-12-2022 15:37

A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul against a Taliban order banning them from universities.

ALX
Education

ALX: Earn your Software Engineering certification and equip yourself for a world of opportunity

By Shingai Mhlanga14-12-2022 14:52

ALX is focused on helping YOU achieve the career-ready skills and technical capabilities to kick-start your future.

placed
Education

260 000 learners placed in Grade 1 and Grade 8 for 2023

By Michelle Swart30-11-2022 21:46

The GDE is determined that it would place all learners by the 2023 school year – even if it needs to “create capacity”

Richards Bay Maths teacher
Education

Richards Bay Maths teacher scoops Global Teacher Award

By Siso Naile19-11-2022 10:26

A Richards Bay Maths teacher Sandile Mathebula has become the latest South African teacher to WIN a top Global Teacher Award

Decolonising the learning process in South Africa.
Education

Decolonising education: A learning-teaching approach

By The Conversation10-11-2022 06:26

It has been seven years since South Africans began protesting in a bid to “Africanise” learning in the country’s university curricula.

Limpopo
Education

Matric exams: Limpopo education MEC upbeat over class of 2022

By Ethel Mannya03-11-2022 07:50

Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya was speaking to matric learners just before the start of the 2022 final exams at Louis Trichardt High.

Spelling Bee
Education

SA’s Spelling Bee Whizz excels in Dubai

By Siso Naile03-10-2022 22:48

Mi7 National Group recently helped raise more than a quarter (R28,900) of the R80,000 that was needed to fund SA’s Spelling Bee Whizz

Dr Blade Nzimande
Education

Minister Dr Blade Nzimande introduces NSFAS Mastercard

By Siso Naile27-09-2022 21:07

Dr Blade Nzimande, the Minister of the Department of Higher Education introduces an NSFAS Mastercard for 2023 beneficiaries

Accounting
Education

Accounting ace helps make studying easier

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele06-09-2022 12:33

Tumisang Nkwe (28) from Taung in the North West writes accounting, business studies and economics study guides for high school learners.

IFP
Education

IFP questions exclusion of Coding and Robotics in rural schools

By Siso Naile31-08-2022 20:26

The IFP in KZN has questioned the exclusion of Coding and Robotics subjects in some districts, especially rural areas

Uphill battle
Education

Uphill battle to keep Cape boy at Drakensberg Boys Choir School

By Siso Naile27-08-2022 15:01

R 175,000 in school fees is needed to keep talented Ethan Palagangwe at the prestigious Drakensberg Boys Choir School in KwaZulu-Natal

Funeral services
Education

RIP| Funeral services for late primary learners underway

By Siso Naile27-08-2022 10:31

The funeral services for the late Vyfhoek Primary School learners who were run over by a truck is currently underway in North West

143 schools
Education

143 schools without scholar transport in KZN

By Siso Naile25-08-2022 19:59

DISTURBING: A total of 143 schools in uMkhanyakude District still battle with scholar transport due to apparent lack of budget from govt

Minister
Education

Minister Angie Motshekga to host Zim’s Minister of Basic Education

By Siso Naile18-08-2022 06:33

SA and Zim Basic Education Ministers will exchange information about each other’s basic education systems through study visits and workshops

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