All the IEB matric results
admin @ December 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Over 97 percent of candidates passed this year’s National Senior Certificate examination conducted by the Independent Examinations Board (IEB).
Schools on track for 2010, says Mpumalanga
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The Mpumalanga government said on Tuesday it was happy with progress in preparing for the start of schooling in 2010.
“The provincial executive council received an impressive report on the progress,” Premier David Mabuza’s office said in a statement.
Umalusi to pronounce on public school exams
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Umalusi will announce whether it has approved the 2009 public school matric examinations on January 4.
Spokesperson for the quality assurance in general education and training council, Mike Khuboni, said final standardisation meetings would be held on December 28 and 29, after which the announcement would be made.
Former streetkid graduates from UCT
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A decade ago, Michael Tladi was living on the streets, not even thinking of going to university.
But on Tuesday the former street child, who grew up in Dipompong in the North West province, graduated from UCT with a degree in electromechanical engineering.
Lower minimum pass mark unlikely
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Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said recently that transformation of universities was “non-negotiable”.
In July, he called for alternative means of bringing young people with potential into higher education institutions by, for example, not making a matric pass the only route to university.
SETA offers matrics careers in retail
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Busisiwe Tshapha, 19, has just finished writing her matric final examinations at Chesterville Extension Secondary School in Durban.
Matric exam disrupted
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Matriculants at Langa High School were forced to abandon their English exam when a group of pupils from another school stormed the hall and destroyed exam scripts.
Mark matric papers fairly, pleads Mchunu
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The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for education, Senzo Mchunu, on Wednesday made a passionate plea to Durban matric examination markers to exercise fairness and excellence, as the pupils’ future depended on the results.
Transformation of universities is a hot topic
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Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says the transformation of the country’s tertiary institutions is non-negotiable and the government will soon implement a series of measures aimed at addressing imbalances which still exist in the system.
MEC closes down finishing school
admin @ December 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Western Cape education MEC Donald Grant announced the closure of Lagunya Finishing School in Langa on Monday where recent protests left two pupils injured.