Education policy

SA education

Monday, 23 January 2012 13:13

Higher education’s “Eskom syndrome”

South Africa was shocked two weeks ago by the death of a woman when prospective students stampeded in a desperate race for admission at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Various reasons have since been offered why thousands of young South Africans cannot be accommodated at the country’s 23 universities and some controversial solutions have been proposed. But the underlying cause seems to be similar to what caused South Africa’s electricity crisis: poor planning and inadequate infrastructure investment and development.

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Confidence is key

Wednesday, 06 July 2011 08:00

Survey provides key insight into South Africa’s graduate professionals

PPS, the specialist South African financial services provider to graduate professionals, recently published the results of a survey that tracks confidence levels of more than 4 000 of South Africa’s graduate professionals on a variety of issues.

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Thursday, 05 May 2011 07:28

A multifaceted approach is required

The Fifa Soccer World Cup and the teachers’ strike galvanised the Department of Basic Education, teachers, pupils and parents into providing extra tuition and other support mechanisms for pupils; while the renewed focus of the department on the schooling sector was another factor that contributed to the increase in the matriculation pass rate in South Africa.

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Education crisis

Monday, 21 February 2011 08:48

Bridging the gaps in schooling levels

The 2010 Matric pass rate of 67.8%, which has been trumpeted as a resounding success and a huge improvement by most officials, does not necessarily reflect the state of readiness which universities demand, as many high-school learners are ill-equipped to cope at tertiary level.

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