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Report highlights key to maths skills in young children

Consistently poor results by pupils in key subjects such as mathematics could be reversed through rapid expansion of early childhood development

Equal Education decries delays in norms and standards for schools

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga
5 day(s) ago

Lobby group extends deadline to June 15, will return to court if Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga fails to promulgate rules intended to hold officials to account

Opinion

My formula for starting a revolution in education

Everyone knows something relatively well enough to be able to teach it, writes Mark Barnes

Rights agency hails education charter

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7 day(s) ago

Human Rights Commission says Charter of Children’s Basic Education Rights will help provide quality and accessible education in SA

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SA varsities ‘should create workplace-based learning opportunities’

Alexander Forbes CE Edward Kieswetter says the design of education in South Africa allows for ‘work integration’ and that should be used effectively

Legal duel over school admissions in Gauteng continues

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12 day(s) ago

Department believes it has the ultimate say on the admission policies of public schools

Raise of 25% for foundation-phase teachers welcomed

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13 day(s) ago

Salaries of foundation-phase teachers have been a bone of contention between the provincial department and teachers’ union Sadtu

Motlanthe in passionate appeal for focus on better education in South Africa

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. Picture: SOWETAN
8 day(s) ago

Deputy president admits state can do more at a basic education level but cautions against ‘drastic short-term fixes’ for education system

Wits to decide on charging concert protesters

HIGHER LEARNING: Students stroll past the University of the Witwatersrand's Great Hall. Picture: THE TIMES
9 day(s) ago

Decision to follow disruption of concert by Israeli pianist on University of the Witwatersrand campus

Wits must not become instrument of ‘Zionist racists’, says Vavi

Adam Habib. Picture: TYRONE ARTHUR
11 day(s) ago

Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi joins protest against university decision to take steps after students disrupted concert by Israeli pianist

Setas to make it harder to reclaim levy

Department of Higher Education and Training director-general Gwebinkundla Qonde.   Picture: SOWETAN.
13 day(s) ago

Seta system strongly criticised for increasing tax burden, while being ineffective and not delivering skills economy needs

New universities ‘set to open next year’

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: SOWETAN
13 day(s) ago

Nzimande says ‘much preparatory work has been done’ and both universities will become legal entities next month

University of Cape Town Special Report

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: SA ‘needs to reclaim lead in mining expertise’

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83 day(s) ago

Minerals to Metals Initiative aims to get experts working together to close the technological gap

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: Crystallisation ‘helps mining solve problems’

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83 day(s) ago

Anglo American Platinum confirms to Business Day that it is collaborating with UCT’s crystallisation and precipitation unit, which is looking to find ‘a way to optimise metal recovery’ in the mining process

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: Plants rising from dead could aid Africa

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83 day(s) ago

Jill Farrant, who has the research chair in plant molecular physiology at the University of Cape is studying crops that are drought resistant and can survive for months without water

University of Cape Town Special Report

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: UCT typifies SA research excellence

Jameson Hall at the University of Cape Town. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
83 day(s) ago

UCT is rated highest in terms of international rankings, and is the only African university in the top 200 universities in the world

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: University patents struggle to generate revenue

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83 day(s) ago

Even though UCT has some of the highest industry revenue and patent numbers in the country, it seems to suffers from the same problems as smaller institutions

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN: Making models of hearts and aircraft engines

83 day(s) ago

Disciplines of Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics are computational science and engineering, writes Sarah Wild

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