Isithumba Travels Adventure Park, the busy rural tourism and community empowerment initiative in the Valley of 1000 Hills, near Durban, which works in partnership with Green Corridors, has received a generous donation of books from the Denis Hurley Street Lit Project. … [Read more...]
Students warned of bogus colleges
South Africa - The Department of Higher Education and Training has urged potential students to verify the accreditation of any private college or university before enrolling for studies. … [Read more...]
Where are tomorrow’s software engineers?
The struggle to increase the number of graduating software engineers has been an ongoing challenge throughout the last two decades. The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) Director and Head of Software Engineering at Wits University, Prof Barry Dwolatzky says that while there are improvements, South Africa’s … [Read more...]
SA students receive scholarships from Sweden
Ten South African students have been selected for a Swedish post-graduate scholarship programme. … [Read more...]
Learners’ idea strikes gold
Mbombela - A group of innovative learners, who came up with an idea to install sensors in visually impaired people's walking sticks to help them navigate easily, has been crowned the winners of the Business Idea Generation Competition. … [Read more...]
Hope to Read the Future
In a country where illiteracy among primary learners is a prevalent challenge, there are hints of hope. The 2012/2013 Stats SA report notes that "more than nine-tenths (92, 9%) of South Africans are able to read and write". … [Read more...]
Research data for SA
South Africa’s minister of science and technology Derek Hanekom has launched the South African version of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO-SA). It’s a searchable full-text journal database that is completely open-access – that is, free to access and free to publish. … [Read more...]
Teaching, the best mistake
Johannesburg – Bilkes Bhano Vawda accidentally registered for the wrong course when she first went to university many years ago, but now after spending 38 years in the teaching profession, she says it is the best mistake she has ever made. … [Read more...]
Hard work pays off
Johannesburg – Twelve long years of blood, sweat and tears proved to be worth it on Wednesday as the country’s top matric achievers were honoured for their sterling efforts in a an award ceremony held after the official announcement of the 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam results. … [Read more...]
Annual National Assessment 2012
Pretoria - The results of the 2012 Annual National Assessment (ANA) show the numeracy and literacy performance of South African learners in the lower grades has improved. "Learner performance in the Foundation Phase Grades 1, 2 and 3 is pleasing. There is progress also in the Intermediate Phase Grade 4, 5 and 6," … [Read more...]