M&G Education News

Hard news, feature stories and analysis pieces by the @mailandguardian on basic and higher education in South Africa.

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University leaders and the government look set to lock horns over institutional autonomy, writes @BonganiNkosi87 https://t.co/Igd4AGX2sW

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South Africa can afford fee-free universities without squeezing them to make do with even less: https://t.co/86NfTtvKTy

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The #FeesMustFall protests are also about the arts: https://t.co/pl6f3n2yEy

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Being in school is not the same as getting an education for disabled children, the @LRC_SouthAfrica conference heard:https://t.co/KDvA2ivz2n

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Don't just talk about millenials, talk to them. What do they need from companies, asks the Boston Consulting Group http://t.co/LFlZ5ulgAQ

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Subscribe to our website and read about how the basic education department denied responsibility in the toilet death http://t.co/QwkfF1oviu

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.@EElawcentre's attempts to engage with govt about complaints from school stakeholders are often met with silence: http://t.co/eQ5hmc2ch6

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Five teacher unions including @SADTUUNION & @NAPTOSA_TEACH vow to block their teachers from invigilating the ANAs. http://t.co/XsBKn9FTC2

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The ECape educ dept almost constantly faces corruption allegations, so why is the SIU only investigating one tender? http://t.co/hq6bazcciR

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VUT students boycotted classes this week demanding better security http://t.co/nyUSD44sCF @BonganiNkosi87

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"Why is higher education not covering the cultural heritage of the people, and is not based on our experience?" http://t.co/oPu0AykPbV

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"If the Ottery centre closed, the boys there would either have gone back to troubled homes or juvenile prison": http://t.co/gfLvxSeFHu

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Two @VUT_Online students were murdered two weeks ago and angry students wants answers from management about it: http://t.co/E319SqmxqK

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How are black staff expected to work in a place where everyday correspondence is often not available in English? http://t.co/GAhpkzXG4e

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.@OpenStellies responds to R68 million investment towards transformation by university management: http://t.co/GAhpkzXG4e

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Pupils are “regularly called monkeys and baboons”. Read about allegations of racism at KZN's John Ross College: http://t.co/iXRcJexixR

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"... very sophisticated type of racism here... They won’t call you a kaffir, but they make you know your place." http://t.co/iXRcJexixR

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"She humiliated her and told her that some of the pupils had complained that dreadlocks smell bad." http://t.co/iXRcJexixR

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A South African who speaks fluent Mandarin, gives us her take on the introduction of Mandarin in SA schools. http://t.co/mZdjXFabJZ