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Pupils at Boitumelong Secondary School in Tembisa use their tablets for the first time, in January this year.  Picture: SOWETAN

Four reasons why tablets are a good fit for the classroom

Tablets are increasingly forming part of the educational landscape because they are cost-effective, offer decent battery life, and are functional and flexible

Mboweni appointed honorary professor at Wits

Tito Mboweni.  Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL

Former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni will join school of economic and business science at University of Witwatersrand

Ubuntu’s lessons in teaching our children well

Jacob Lief at work in one of Ubuntu’s classrooms where vulnerable children learn long-term skills that will help them become productive, healthy and stable citizens. Pictures: SUPPLIED

The Ubuntu Education Fund's individualised, long-term approach to helping vulnerable children has delivered philanthropist Jacob Lief some tough lessons and great rewards, writes Sue Blaine

SA spearheads drive to nurture African management talent

SA can be a powerhouse for teaching about working in emerging markets, UCT Graduate School of Business dean Walter Baets says. Picture: HETTY ZANTMAN

Business schools have a crucial role in developing the skills needed for Africa's economic growth, writes David Furlonger

Bleak outlook by auditor-general for new schools

Seven-year-old Barack Obama Okoth, named after the US president, sits in an empty classroom at the Senator Obama primary school in Nyangoma village in Kogelo, west of Nairobi, last month. Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS MUKOYA

The auditor-general paints grim picture of infrastructure development and procurement for schools around the country


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