Education in South Africa
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BOTSWANA, 2017/07/09
The Group of Seven (G7) leaders has in its ‘Taormina Communiqué‘ underscored that “Africa’s security, stability and sustainable development are high priorities”. But it has from presently on to respond to UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ specific call for the need to invest in young people, with stronger investment in technology and relevant education and capacity building in Africa.
The two-day G7 summit in Italy, in which the leaders of six other industrial nations – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the U.S. as well took part, concluded on May 27 in Taormina, a hilltop town on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.
Speaking at a session on reinforcing the partnership between the G7 and Africa, the UN Secretary-General noted on the concluding day that the international community has a role in helping the continent adapt as it heads for a new wave of industrialization.
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BOTSWANA, 2017/06/15
Despite the increasing importance of mathematics to economic and societal evolution, the study of the subject in Africa is declining, Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ghana (AIMS-Ghana) has said.
He said several reasons had been attributed to the poor national of affairs in mathematics in Africa such as: “Inadequate student number, particularly females due to poor teaching of mathematics in primary, junior and senior high schools, lack of motivation and incentives and poor employment prospects in mathematics in a lot of sections of the economy other than teaching”.
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SOUTH AFRICA, 2017/01/13
There have been significant improvements in the Eastern Cape matric results, despite it being the country's worst-performing province from presently on again.
Education MEC Mandla Makhuphula said on Thursday that the 2016 matric class improved the province's pass rate by 2.5 % points, from 56.8% in 2015 to 59.3%. This figure includes the results of progressed pupils.
Progressed pupils are those who failed Grade 11 repeatedly before being automatically put into Grade 12.
While the results did not recover all the ground lost by the drastic 8.6 % point drop between the 2015 and 2014 matric pass rates, it was at least an indication that things were turning around.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/11/11
The Pan African University Council has concluded its Second Ordinary Session at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Council is the highest governing body of the PAU, an African Union flagship programme established to address quality, relevance and excellence in accordance with the Aspiration 1 of Schedule 2063.
The conference deliberated on a inventory of significant policy questions bordering on the implementation of a full-fledged university structure and network, inclunding budgetary, financial and administrative issues.
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SOUTH AFRICA, 2016/09/29
A 16-year-old South African schoolgirl has won the grand prize at Google's science equitable for using orange peel to develop a cheap super-absorbent material to help soil retain water.
Kiara Nirghin beat students from around the world for a $50,000 (£38,000) scholarship with her "fighting drought with fruit" submission.
Her work was in response to the recent drought that has hit South Africa .
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BOTSWANA, 2016/08/18
The conversation about Africa has been shifting from one about shortfalls to one about opportunities. Africa is a known leader in commodity exporting, but the economic potential far succeeds that.
Africa has an enormous coastline and is additional proximate to both European and North American markets than Asia. Currently, Africa leads the world in mobile adoption, which continues to offer the biggest cross-sectoral economic opportunities. In addition, Africa has recently been cited as being a potential leader in technology, sustainability and agriculture.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/01/13
The Africa Union has merged its science and education bodies in a move designed to improve sectoral relationships, effectiveness and efficiency. The African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology and the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union will presently operate as one entity.
“The decision of the heads of states was as well motivated by the need to streamline ministerial conferences, limit their number and confer the power to convene them to the African Union Commission and save costs,” Dr Mahama Ouedraogo, the African Union’s chief of human resources, science and technology, told University World News.
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SOUTH AFRICA, 2015/12/11
Amid a world discourse often dominated by discussions of violence and politics, The Prem Rawat Foundation’s Peace Education Program is having a profound impact on youth in South Africa.
Prem Rawat recently spoke to students enrolled in the Peace Education Program (PEP) at TSiBA, an acclaimed nonprofit business school in Capetown, South Africa that specializes in giving disadvantaged youth opportunities to become entrepreneurial leaders.
Hundreds of students at the tertiary school have participated in PEP, an innovative multimedia course that’s based on Rawat’s international talks about topics such as peace, hope and appreciation. On Nov. 27 they had the opportunity to discuss what they were learning with him, ask him questions, and hear him speak at the school as part of its Annual Social Change Lecture series. A lot of students reported that PEP was having a profound impact on their lives.
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SOUTH AFRICA, 2015/10/26
The University of the Western Cape's SRC president Akhona Landu said she is shocked by the actions of police at the campus.
In an before interview with News24, Landu was forced to drop the line next she said police were firing rubber bullets at them.
Landu said police used stun grenades and water cannons to disperse protesting students at the campus gates.
"Upon returning from Erica Road, we were standing at the gates of the university and police warned us to go back to our residences. We refused and a little later stun grenades were fired. The students are angry presently and they are burning bins outside residences, singing struggle songs. Police keep coming in to separate us using water cannons and stun grenades," Landu told News24.
