Fury over school test standards
admin @ November 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Western Cape schools have slammed the Grade 9 common tasks for assessment (CTAs) as a disaster and a “waste of time”, and are calling for them to be scrapped.
Non-custodians liable for school fees
admin @ November 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A non-custodian parent can be held responsible for a child’s school fees even if he is unwilling but has the means to pay, the Supreme Court of Appeal held on Thursday.
Sadtu slams plan for education in Cape
admin @ November 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Western Cape government’s new 10-year plan for education will have officials, including teachers and principals, sign performance contracts.
Survey highlights literacy levels in SA
admin @ November 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Education levels among South African adults have significantly increased in the past 10 years, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said on Tuesday.
Parents abandoning public schools
admin @ November 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
More pupils are attending private schools than before, according to the results of a survey released on Monday.
The number of children attending independent schools increased from 256,283 in 2000 to 366,201 in 2008. This is an increase of 4.2 percent compared to a 1.9 increase in public school attendance, according to the survey conducted by […]
Irregularities in matric exams
admin @ November 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
There have been 12 “irregularities” so far this week during the writing of matric exams but none threaten the integrity of the exams, the education department said on Friday.
Storms may stall matric exams
admin @ November 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
High schools in some areas of KwaZulu-Natal were on Thursday making plans to write the supplementary papers of Friday’s life sciences and Afrikaans matric exams as principals fear that their pupils will be cut off by the trail of destruction left by Thursday’s heavy rains.
Pupils humiliated over fees
admin @ November 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Several primary schoolchildren have allegedly been denied the right to write their year-end exams because of outstanding school fees.
Change teaching methods - Motshekga
admin @ November 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
South Africa must return to tried and trusted teaching methods as outcomes based education has in many ways failed to provide pupils with essential skills, Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Tuesday.
Tragedy strikes matrics after exam
admin @ November 17, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Two matric students, Darren Hoffman and Roqeeb Isaacs, on their way back from a chemistry exam were killed in an accident on Monday.