ZIMBABWE: Pregnancy need not put an end to education
HARARE, 25 August 2010 (IRIN) - Falling pregnant used to mean the end of school – and of much more - for girls in...
South Africa: Workbooks and textbooks a right for every learner
Pretoria - Proper textbooks and workbooks is a right that every school-going child should have, says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
Speaking at a colloquium...
GUINEA-BISSAU: Kindergartens to help in Millennium Development Goal fight
GANTAUDA, 24 August 2010 (IRIN) - In the village of Gantauda, 90km from Guinea-Bissau’s capital, Bissau, a child’s third birthday is a milestone: it...
South Africa: School Governing Bodies called in to assist in schools
Pretoria - Members of school governing bodies in KwaZulu-Natal have been called on to assist in conducting lessons to ensure learning in schools continues.
According...
South Africa: Programmes to help Mpumalanga learners
Pretoria - With only 62 days before the start of matric examinations, Basic Education MEC Reginah Mhaule has called on all Mpumalanga Grade 12...
South Africa: Education empowers communities – Motlanthe
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has stressed the importance of education to a developing society, saying it does not only benefit an individual,...
Mpumalanga, South Africa: Call for early registration for school year
Pretoria - Parents in Mpumalanga have been urged to register their children for the 2011 school year before the end of October this year.
The...
KwaZulu-Natal learners urged to go back to school
Pretoria - With 69 days before the start of matric examinations, KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Senzo Mchunu has urged all Grade 12 learners to go...
South Africa: Education key to developing women – Motshekga
East London - It is only through placing issues underlying the misery of women high on the transformation agenda that government can achieve...
South Africa: Mpuma teachers to get laptops
Mbombela - Mpumalanga teachers will be given laptops as part of a national effort to bring all public schools into the digital age.
The...