Maths
Online programme takes aim at addressing SA’s maths education dilemma
An online education programme sets out to change how learners tackle mathematical problems.
Last month, one person was arrested in connection with the theft of the Maths Paper 2 exam.
An international education report has found 63% of grade 5 pupils did not acquire basic maths knowledge, while 72% lack basic science knowledge.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said that most bachelor degree programmes that required mathematics would not accept pupils who achieved lower than 40%.
In 2019, 54.6% of matrics passed maths compared to 54.6% in 2015. In physical science, 75.5% passed the subject in 2019 compared to 58.6% in 2015.
Lwazi Nxumalo has been volunteering his services by tutoring maths to high school learner from Gugulethu, Langa and Khayelitsha.
Former high school maths teacher, Kurt Minaar, is hoping to change pupils’ perspectives of mathematics - one track at a time.
South Africa should focus on how to teach maths in the right way rather than buying into the myth that it’s an impossible subject.
Should pupils who perform poorly in mathematics progress to the next grade? Dr Nic Spaull weighs in.
The Basic Education Minister has likened the country’s maths education to a patient that is in ICU and receiving treatment.
Last month it emerged that some pupils at Giyani High School had access to the paper.
Maths should and does belong to everybody. Everybody deserves access to its beauty and its power.
Nicholas Kroon, aged 17, is part of the six-member team attending the International Maths Olympiad
The group competed against seven other countries in Senegal at the weekend.
Dario Trinchero (17), a student at Somerset College, has been placed first in the country for chemistry & first in the world for mathematics in the International Cambridge AS Examinations.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said this can only be addressed through improving teacher skills.
Govt. will looks at ways to reinforce Maths, Science and Tech to improve the quality of education.