Edwin Naidu

Freelance Journalist, Sunday Independent

Make teachers the heartbeat of efforts to transform education

Edwin Naidu|Published

I Can Academy in Parkwood, Cape Town, where children listen to their dedicated teacher, Alletta Frans, as she reads to them during a lesson. While not a panacea ...

Does the Natal Indian Congress have a role in the future South Africa we want and deserve?

Edwin Naidu|Published

ANC Veterans, from left, Kgalema Motlanthe, Sbu Ndebele and Mac Maharaj at the celebration of 130 years of the Natal Indian Congress. There is no doubt of the impact ...

Oh Bela! Children suffer as Gwarube puts her party before the people

Edwin Naidu|Published

Minister Siviwe Gwarube, like a petulant child, boycotted the family function to sign the BELA bill that will give children better education opportunities hosted ...

A more structured lens needed to evaluate VCs ‘runaway train’ salaries

Edwin Naidu|Published

University of Johannesburg’s former vice-chancellor and principal, Professor Ihron Rensburg – who has overseen an amalgamation of three institutions, then passed ...

Firing NSFAS board is papering over the cracks

Edwin Naidu|Published

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) CEO Andile Nongogo was fired in October 2023 amid a R47-billion payments scandal, yet no action has yet been taken ...

Long road ahead for higher education transformation

Edwin Naidu|Published

The University of Cape Town honours students at a summer graduation ceremony outside Sarah Baartman Hall on its upper campus. While there has been much progress ...

What happens to learners when they are left in the lurch by the organisation meant to help them?

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Supplied / ANA – Scores of students are being denied the opportunity to work in the sector dealing with long-term insurance, short-term insurance, life ...

The country’s leaders need to set an example

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Picture: Oupa Mokoena / African News Agency (ANA) / Taken September 19, 2023 – Buti Manamela, the deputy minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation ...

Removal of Phakeng undermines tertiary sector transformation gains

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA) – UCT’s former vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng. Is Phakeng the (Professor William Malegapuru) Makgoba ...

Youth hailed as the architects of new Africa – but will they get a chance to lead?

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Rusana Philander/African News Agency (ANA) Files – Romano Louw, 18, from Mitchells Plain, speaks at the Nelson Mandela Youth Dialogue about violence in ...

Africa eyes the economic advantages of SDGs but progresses slowly towards goals

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: ANA File – Statistics currently reveal that half of the countries have no data on learning levels or the percentage of trained teachers in primary schools, ...

Quality education in Africa: EU launches €100 million Regional Teachers’ Initiative – will it work?

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Timothy Bernard African News Agency (ANA) – A class teacher shares a group hug with her class as she welcomes them for 2023. Africa will need 15 million ...

President celebrates, but the three-stream model has yet to work

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: ANA file – The South Cape TVET College. The three-stream model, which refers to three pathways – academic, technical vocational and technical occupational ...

Black History Month: When the stories of true heroes are taught at schools, celebrations can start

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Jacques Naude/African News Agency (ANA) – Dr Yaa Ashante Waa Archer Ngidi from the Institute of Afrikology speaking at the 1st annual Black History Month ...

Teachers throughout Africa earn their Spurs on peanuts

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Bruce Mackay/Supplied – One of the biggest public sector demonstrations for decades in London, UK, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. In the UK, members of ...

Racism must be stamped out in the classroom

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Itumeleng English African News Agency (ANA) – South Africa - Bloemfontein - 08 January 2023 - President Cyril Ramaphaso thanks the Nakedi boys for standing ...

Bleak future awaits Class of 2022

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Chris Collingridge/African News Agency (ANA) Archives – In October 2022, the Department of Basic Education said the Class of 2022 was the largest cohort ...

Clusters of Excellence to boost Africa’s research capacity

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - Duncan Onyango, a game design developer at Planet Rackus works on MA3Racer, a 2D mobile game inside his studio in Kenya's capital ...

2022: A challenging year in education for SA and Africa

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency (ANA) – The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande Bonginkosi Nzimande hosts the inaugural ...

Africa celebrates at World Science Forum but SA’s electricity woes dampen mood

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Supplied – Former University of Johannesburg Vice Chancellor and newly appointed Rector of the United Nations University Tshilidzi Marwala. By Edwin NaiduBafana ...

SA government must crack the whip on transformation at private schools

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: shelbyasteward, flickr. com – The majority of the teaching staff at private schools are white. Ditto: service providers across the board. In most cases, ...

Men call the shots in higher education throughout Africa

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Sophia StanderBy Edwin NaiduA day before the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, African education experts spoke about the critical ...

Education, small businesses miss out on Africa’s premier tech festival

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters ...

Africa’s graduates must be ‘fit for purpose’

Edwin Naidu|Published

Picture: University of Cape Town (UCT) campus. On Friday, UCT vice-chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng, hosts a high-level delegation of 16 vice-chancellors from ...