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Tablets to be withdrawn from Gauteng schools
[More Matshediso] Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, has announced that the department will regrettably be withdrawing a total of 88,000 tablets from schools across the province following the recent spate of burglaries... read more>>

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Educate

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of AWS Educate, a programme that helps teachers and students use real-world cloud technology in the classroom to graduate students ready to enter the cloud workforce...

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How AV solutions can help enrich the education experience

Stefan Mayer

Technology is playing a leading role in the classroom today, with schools, colleges and universities embracing multimedia and interactive technologies as a means of improving academic achievement...

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Why the quality of education matters
[Dr Nalize Marais, Issued by Impak]

The South African education landscape has experienced numerous policy and curricula changes over the past 15 - 20 years, all with the intention of improving the quality of education...

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Education & Training
Volunteering for the Two Oceans Marathon

Khanyisa Lubambo, Issued by False Bay College

The sense of excitement one gets from being a False Bay TVET College (FBC) volunteer for the annual Two Ocean's Marathon event is akin to the joy of receiving an unexpected gift... read more>>
Distance Learning
Campaign to restore dignity to girl learners
PRETORIA: The Dignity Dreams Nelson Mandela Day Campaign is a non-profit organisation which has set an ambitious goal to raise funds to distribute 18,000 dignity dream packs to young girls by 18 July 2015... read more>>
E-learning
Computer lab to empower Emfuleni learners
PRETORIA: Teaching and learning at Radipeu Primary School, a deep rural school in Emfuleni, Vanderbijlpark, will become more exciting with the donation of a specialised computer laboratory... read more>>
Higher Education
UCT designs course to help legal practitioners become leaders in emerging markets
Lawyers and legal advisors working in Africa should be good managers and great leaders, with a comprehensive understanding of the business world's complexities and shifting paradigms of emerging market economies... read more>>
Giving livestock to world's poor, training improves life: study
MIAMI: Giving the poor goats, chickens or cows and offering regular training in how to make a living has helped improve conditions in five countries around the world, researchers said on Thursday... read more>>
Full marks go to the Produce Marketing Association for its Agri-Food Career Fair

Mike Cordes

Agriculture has never been considered a 'sexy' career choice for young people. So full marks must go to the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) for its initiative, launched a few years ago, to attract young people into the broader agricultural community... read more>>
Ever wondered what the world will look like in 2040?
So have a panel of six professors at the University of Johannesburg, who discussed their environmental, economic and social projections... read more>>
Minister Nzimande to focus on transformation in universities
CAPE TOWN: Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says transformation in institutions of higher learning will be his main focus in the current financial year... read more>>
ACSA and Prof Boateng donate strategic sourcing resource books to the Unisa SBL

Issued by Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)

As part of a pan-African quasi-academic and industrial social responsibility initiative, Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership Professor Douglas Boateng presented an open public lecture at the SBL campus in Midrand... read more>>
Blown away by books

Colleen Brennon, Issued by False Bay College

In March, False Bay College in collaboration with the Fish Hoek, Masiphumelele, Simonstown and Ocean View libraries held the first of its kind South Peninsula Book Festival... read more>>
Consider your life's career

Tamzyn Arendse, Issued by False Bay College

Choosing a career to carry you forward through life is a step-by-step process. It takes time to unearth a chosen educational route or training path that will align with your interests, skills and abilities... read more>>
Open Window Institute Open Day

Issued by Open Window

Open Window, specialising in tertiary education in the fields of design studies, film arts and interaction arts, will be having an Open Day on 23 May from 9am to 2pm... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Tru-Cape MTB raises over R65,000 for Grabouw school
Funds from the Tru-Cape MTB held at the Grabouw Country Club on Saturday, 2 May will contribute significantly to Grabouw High School... read more>>
Willowton Group donates science kits to the value of R75,000
The future of 820 pupils at Smero Secondary School in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, is looking bright since Willowton Group generously donated R75,000 worth of science equipment to the school... read more>>
Twinning of Schools Programme gets underway

More Matshediso

The management of schools piloting the Twinning of Schools Programme in Gauteng say they are excited about sharing facilities and human resources amongst their schools to help learners achieve more in education... read more>>
Findings released into learners' death, racial segregation

More Matshediso

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has released the findings of investigations into the death of three learners at Emma Primary School, as well as racial segregation at Curro Foundation School... read more>>
Failed: South Africa needs to invest in STEM

John Eigelaar

In October 2014, Adrian Schofield, Manager for Applied Research Unit of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) told Fin24 that a lack of improvement in South Africa's basic education system is putting the country at risk... read more>>
We read to expand our life horizons

Didi Assure-Wertheim, Issued by False Bay College

While one of False Bay TVET College's priorities is to increase the literacy levels of their students, due to its impact on learning, they also want to encourage a love for reading... read more>>
Skills Training
Applications open for 2015 BYM Summit
The 15th annual BYM summit - a week-long summit for South Africa's most innovative young leaders to come together, learn from the nation's decision makers and craft solutions to relevant developmental challenges - will be held in Joburg from 16 to 20 July 2015... read more>>
Prominent Paints invests in training courses
Prominent Paints is addressing the skills shortage within the local paint industry through its training academy... read more>>
Short courses in the South African labour market

Issued by Oxbridge Academy

Oxbridge Academy has been developing its short course programme throughout the past year to include a wide range of subjects and fields of study, partly in response to particular issues prevalent in the SA labour market... read more>>
Business
Focus increasingly falls on balanced leaders

Michelle Moss

Leadership styles change. What never changes is the need for corporate leaders to motivate teams, make profits and deliver efficiency improvements... read more>>
Time management 101

Andrew Macfarlane

"If your employees are constantly missing deadlines, lack focus and regularly overlook important details, these are sure signs that their time management skills aren't up to scratch..." read more>>
Jobs offered
Senior Director - Student Affairs - Western Cape
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior director: student affairs (Ref. SS/107/0415). Applications close: 1 June 2015 Read more >>



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