BOOKS ARE STILL VITAL FOR LITERACY AND LEARNING
While the improved 2023 matric pass rate is cause for celebration, consider the almost 500 000 children who started grade one in the same year but dropped out of school along […]
NEW SCHOOL CERTIFICATE FOR SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHING NEXT YEAR
South Africa is on the verge of introducing a nationwide implementation of a novel school certification, the General Education Certificate (GEC), targeted at grade 9 students. Angie Motshekga, the Minister […]
SOUTH AFRICA’S READING CRISIS: 5 STEPS TO ADDRESS CHILDREN’S LITERACY STRUGGLES
Kunyashe, a first-grade student residing in Cape Town, South Africa, is deeply dedicated to her studies. Despite the challenging living conditions in a cramped one-room shack, barely larger than a […]
WHAT CAN GO WRONG IN THE TEACHING OF READING?
After the release of the Reading Panel’s 2023 report, we have again been reminded of the shocking state of reading competence in our schools. One Twitter headline “shouted out” that […]
UMLAMBO CATCHING UP WITH THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION
Umlambo catching up with the deputy minister of Basic Education Dr Makgabo Reginah Mhaule Read More
LEARNING FOR LASTING PEACE – THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
Learning for lasting peace – the role of education Prof Anthoni van Nieuwkerk Trustee, Umlambo Foundation “Africa needs a cohort of grassroots peacebuilders to promote lasting peace” The International Day […]
CLASS OF 2023 RECORDS AN IMPROVED 82.9% MATRIC PASS RATE
The matric class of 2023 achieved a 82.9% pass rate, up by 2.8 percentage points from 80.1% the year before. Basic education minister Angie Motshekga released the results in Randburg on Thursday […]
SA’S SCHOOLING SYSTEM PROMOTES EXCELLENCE AT EVERY LEVEL
Every year at this time, out of the woodwork pop bogus education “experts” who, despite the availability of free information and data, cast aspersions on South Africa’s schooling system in […]
LOCKED DOORS AND LOST DREAMS
With a staggering 31.9% unemployment rate in the third quarter of 2023 and over 50% of the unemployed lacking the bare minimum of a matric certificate, as per Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), not […]
TSWINGA CELEBRATES LITERACY DAY
Dr Mlambo-Ngcuka (far left) photographed with some of the learners of Tswinga Primary School, dressed in mashedo, during the International Literacy Day celebration at the school on Friday, 29 September. […]