Reach for the Moon: Africa space mission targets learners in STEM push
JOHANNESBURG: An NGO behind Africa’s first space exploration mission wants to involve schools, giving learners hands-on exposure to science and engineering amid mounting concerns about low participation in Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
School funding delays drive principals into personal credit card debt
POLOKWANE: School principals are getting into personal debt to keep schools functioning while provincial education departments delay releasing funds for basic operating costs.
Fixing the Gap: Rural KZN’s fight for Early Education
RORKE’S DRIFT: Over 1.1 million South African children aged three to five are not enrolled in early-year learning, according to the 2024 Thrive by Five Index. In the rural uMzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal, Early Childhood Development practitioners and non-profits are working to change that.
Power to the parents – Don’t waste your School Governing Body vote
JOHANNESBURG: With draft BELA Act regulations now open for public comment and ahead of School Governing Body elections in March next year, parents have been urged to prepare in advance and take their voting power seriously.
Bridging Home and School: Why parents matter
ORANGE FARM: Experts have long held that a key to reading success is not exclusive to the classroom, but in the everyday learning that happens at home. “Learning does not begin when children walk through the school doors, nor does it end when they exit for the day. It takes place all the time, everywhere.”
How funding apartheid fail young library users
MAKHANDA: When Grade 11 learner Sipho Mthembu arrives on Monday afternoons at Duna Library, his local facility in Joza, Makhanda, he’s not looking for books to borrow. He needs something more basic: a quiet place to study with working electricity. Yet the library closes at 5 pm, soon after school ends.