Are millennials being given a fair shot at life? Over 25% of youngsters in middle-income countries, and 15% in rich countries are NEETS: not in education, employment or training. Is this because of less opportunity these days, or because of a generation that never seems to grow out of adolescence (according to some)? Read this …
Professor Jonathan Jansen’s roadmap to saving South Africa’s higher education system Professor Jonathan Jansen has warned that another 0% fee increase for tertiary institutions will be a death knell for universities. Jansen was scathing in his opinion of the current Fees Commission and the fact that Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande is expected …
In this article the author focuses on the challenges facing the South African education system and also suggests possible solutions to some of these challenges. “It’s bad. It just is,” says Malehlohonolo Khauoe about the education she received at a rural school outside Matatiele in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, the country’s worst-performing region. Schooling here …
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Advocates of free tertiary education must think again if they believe this will benefit the poor. The Centre for Higher Education and Training made this argument Thursday, 11 August 2016, at the commission probing the feasibility of free university tuition. Director Nico Cloete said the problem was that poor people did not qualify for higher …
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Some schools are using simple acts of kindness to support vulnerable students. Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, Washington, is the subject of a new documentary. Teachers there receive training in how to interact with children who have suffered trauma. When Kelsey Sisavath enrolled as a freshman at Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, …
The traditional ‘place’ of woman in higher education was in the role of teacher or secretary. With greater access to higher education over the past few decades, there has been a “rise of the senior woman”. The rise though has not created a strong enough impact as there still remains a significant and visible gender …
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The burning of schools in Vuwani, Limpopo impact negatively on the right of children to access education and also effectively reversed all the gains already made in improving education. According to media, police and government reports, as of Sunday, 8 May 2016, 24 schools had been burnt and/or vandalised in Vuwani, Limpopo. This was allegedly …
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One third of the students who qualify to gain entry into higher education are actually prepared for the academic literacy demands of a university, writes Rantsi. According to Alan Cliff, an associate professor at the University of Cape Town, the sad reality of higher education in South Africa is that only about one third of …
Education professionals should never underestimate the significance of life orientation and the role the latter could play in shaping the learners’ future. It came to me as a big surprise that many South African education professionals seem to regard Life Orientation as an insignificant, to some even a worthless part of our education. Many learners also …
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