Education
YONELA DIKO: Education should not be commoditised
Education has become simply an economic investment used to draw economic returns and not a process of developing a human being for wider social development,...
Delivering the keynote address at the education lekgotla, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that a coding and robotics curriculum had been submitted to Umalusi for evaluation and quality assurance. Ramaphosa added that 200 schools would be piloting the draft curriculum from grade R to three and 1,000 schools would be piloting the Grade 7 curriculum.
There’s a concern among scholars that Muslim schooling and education in South Africa has remained unchanged in its ideas and the way it’s taught.
The department said the severe budget cuts requested by National Treasury would further increase the challenges pupils in the province face.
Long breaks from school lead to learning loss, with maths scores being particularly badly affected - but a return to core concepts could be the answer to a pre-pandemic problem.
Guterres said that as of mid-July schools were closed in some 160 countries, affecting more than 1 billion students, while at least 40 million children have missed out on pre-school.
Manuel says Naptosa says it gives schools time to focus on reading, maths, and language this year.
The reopening of schools has been a controversial point of discussion amid the coronavirus pandemic with teacher unions calling it reckless and demanding they be closed.
While many are strongly opposed to children returning to the classroom, the commission supports Unicef’s position that children should return to school as soon as possible.
Let no child be left behind because we didn’t care enough to ensure they played enough, writes Nikki Bush.
Our unconscious biases can run contrary to our stated beliefs given that they are based on learned behaviour we pick up from society, writes Maushami Chetty.
KZN Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu addressed the media as schools reopened for matrics and grade sevens on Monday. He called on police to maintain law and order after unrest in certain parts of the province.
COVID-19 has shown that technology is no longer a luxury but an important component of the education process. In presenting solutions, a wide range of factors must be considered.
Parents are juggling work, domestic life and a new role as teacher. Here are some ideas to try out as you homeschool your kids.
Learning must continue at home al Beit under far different conditions. Online is where learners are being told to go.
Ramaphosa says the results are a triumph and a clear signal that government's substantial investment in education is yielding results.
Objections raised about the school syllabus by parents, schools and civil society point to a bigger problem with the state.
Very few young people with disabilities get the chance to proceed to higher education and training. The WHO found that only 5-15% of children who need assistive devices have access to them.
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government has provoked outrage among students and teachers over its proposal to freeze 30% of discretionary spending for public universities in the second half of this year