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South Africa: Education Faces Crisis Despite Big Budget
allAfrica, 5 September 2012
Civil society, business and education specialists have formed a national education partnership to deal with the problems in South Africa' s school system, which is in crisis… Read more »
South Africa Education Faces Crisis Despite Big Budget
Civil society, business and education specialists have formed a education partnership to deal with problems in the school system, a conference has been told.
File Photo: "We have designed our entire system to prepare students for university, but only about five percent of learners can get into university,the other 95 percent are left high & dry" said Eugene Daniels
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South Africa: Experts Call for More Pre-School Education
allAfrica, 5 September 2012
It's crucial to stimulate children within the first 1,000 days of their development, according to speakers at the "Towards Carnegie III" conference. Read more »
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South Africa: The Poverty of Education in South Africa
Carnegie3, 3 September 2012
The poor performances of learners in Annual National Assessments, along with consistently weak performance in international tests and at the Matric level in South Africa have… Read more »
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South Africa: School Feeding in South Africa
Carnegie3, 29 August 2012
In 1994 President Mandela initiated the South African School Feeding Programme to feed needy learners a daily nutritious meal so that they come to school, stay in school and can… Read more »
InFocus
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As global tuberculosis rates are declining, South Africa has seen a 400-percent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in the last 15 years, a major conference on poverty has ... Read more »
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As the country's growth is lagging behind that of many smaller African economies, smallholder agriculture has the potential to alleviate poverty and spur general economic growth, a ... Read more »
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South Africa has one more chance to overcome poverty and inequality, says academic, activist and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele. "Three strikes and you're out, and we're on the ... Read more »
