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The future of mobile exam preparation, Q&A with George Burgess
[Jessica Taylor] Inspired by the global mindset of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs while at Stanford, Burgess explains what Gojimo means for the industry, and why SA... read more>>



Higher Education
Engineering degrees can build fortunes
Prospective university students set on making their millions should sign up for some extra engineering lectures, new analysis has shown... read more>>
Rhodes scholarships open up to Chinese students
BEIJING: The Rhodes scholarships, founded by one of Britain's most acquisitive colonialists and whose laureates have gone on to become presidents and prime ministers, are to be opened to Chinese students, their administrative trust said... read more>>
Woolworths offers lecturers from TVET colleges and University of Technology an 'insider view'

Issued by False Bay College

Woolworths' "Inside Retail" programme, launched in 2013, seeks to provide lecturers with on-the-ground, practical experience of the retail environment to complement their academic knowledge... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Consultation process on one core textbook begins

More Matshediso

PRETORIA: The consultation process on the one core textbook per subject and grade has started with a Learning and Teaching Support Material (LTSM) roundtable discussion... read more>>
Partnerships can rectify school sanitation horrors

Peter Cowan

A recent exposé published in a South African daily newspaper and featured on the front page as "School Toilets of Shame", revealed the horrific truth about sanitation in Gauteng schools - in most cases there isn't any... read more>>
SA NGO receives prestigious international reading promotion award
For its work in promoting children's literacy in all official languages across South Africa since 1992, the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) has received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, announced yesterday at a ceremony in Sweden... read more>>
Parents must get involved

Jeff Radebe

Our schools need parents who will take responsibility for the education of their children. It is imperative they avail themselves to serve on school governing bodies. All of us want schools in our communities to be well managed and excel academically - and to achieve this we have to make it a societal responsibility... read more>>
Maths Centre director named Social Entrepreneur of the Year
Sharanjeet Shan of Maths Centre, a Johannesburg-based NPO that aims to improve maths, science and technology education in South Africa, has been named by the Schwab Foundation an awardee of the 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year... read more>>
Realising the "Education for All" dream through open learning

Issued by Impak

Facilitating learning through open modes of delivery are avenues that need to be recognised as an alternative to conventional school-based teaching and learning... read more>>
Business
Your CV has just seconds to impress: make them count

Niteske Marshall

Eight seconds is all it takes to knock the socks off potential employers reading your CV and entice them to read more... read more>>
Africa
Avanti to deliver ICT infrastructure and e-learning programme in Tanzania
Avanti Communications has been appointed by the UK Space Agency to deliver a major ICT infrastructure and e-learning programme to teachers in Tanzania... read more>>
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