Technical and vocational education – catalyst for sustainable development

Opinion|Published

Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, during the launch of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Skills Development project in collaboration ...

Africa Day 2024: ‘To build a country, build a schoolhouse’

Opinion|Published

Huguenot Primary School teachers Kulsum Nel and Charmaine Botha with Grade Rs make do with what they have after winter storms leave Tafelsig pupils without their ...

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 ...

Literacy for liberation: Zambia’s Socialist Party fights illiteracy

Opinion|Published

Over 350 people, majority women, graduated from the Second Phase of the Fred M’membe Literacy and Agroecology Campaign Programme. Since 2021, over 4,000 people in ...

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 ...

Proposal to prosecute parents for children’s absenteeism slammed

Siyabonga Mkhwanazi|Published

Picture: Courtney Africa – Children have lunch at Sentinel Primary, ...

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 ...

NSFAS needs a reset to align with developmental priorities

Opinion|Published

Picture: Armand Hough / African News Agency (ANA) / Taken on August 16, 2023 – Students gather at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa, ...

Austerity measures will impact higher education options

Opinion|Published

Picture: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapers / Taken on October 30, 2023 – Grade 12 learners sit for their first paper, English additional language at Sea Point ...

Ongoing leadership woes derails NSFAS path to self-renewal

Opinion|Published

Picture: ANA file – Since its inception, the NSFAS has assisted hundreds of thousands of poor and middle-class students to gain access to higher education institutions. ...

Mitigating school suicides requires collaboration

Opinion|Published

Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)/Dated February 12, 2013 – Many experts and institutions, such as the World Health Organisation, agree that suicide ...

Decades of austerity leave school and hospital buildings crumbling in the UK

Opinion|Published

Picture: Tolga Akment/EPA-EFE/Taken on November 21, 2022 – Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who ‘faced criticism when he was the Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

As affirmative action dies, how can fairness thrive?

Opinion|Published

Picture: Robert Galbraith/REUTERS/Taken on ...

Resolving schools’ overcrowding require innovative solutions

Opinion|Published

Picture: Henk Kruger / Africa News Agency (ANA) - The challenge of over-crowding in public schools is worse than we can imagine because of the distinct categories ...

Sign language: It’s official

Opinion|Published

Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)/taken January 10, 2023 – Thembi Ngcungama, Lindelihle Mkhize, Sibongile Shandu and Busi Nxumalo from the Blind ...

Biden and Congress must act to restore affirmative action

Opinion|Published

Picture: Jim Young/REUTERS/Taken on May 26, 2009 – From left, former vice president Joe Biden (now president) speaks to Judge Sonia Sotomayor as she steps up to ...

‘Academic freedom and institutional autonomy not a cover up’

Opinion|Published

Picture: Armand Hough / African News Agency (ANA) / Taken on September 25, 2018 – University of Free State Vice-chancellor, Professor Francis Petersen speaks to ...