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ED is in EDucation – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: ED is in EDucation: The Story of a Family’s Connection to the Grey and Collegiate Schools in Port Elizabeth  Watch this developing blog … Source: BrainStorms – Ed Lunnon's Blog. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday Newsletter. … [Read more...] about ED is in EDucation – Featured Blog

Engen supports Education in Nelson Mandela Bay

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Engen supports Education in Nelson Mandela Bay: Caption from left to right: Mr Mark Headbush (Chairman of the Mark Headbush Foundation), Mr Siya Matinise (Engen Regional Sales Operations Manager: Eastern Cape), Mr Athol Trollip (Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan), Mr Mntu Nduvane (Engen CSI Manager) and Mr Mandla Tisani (Trustee of the Mark Headbush Foundation). For the third year running, Engen participated in the Mayoral Charity Golf Day at the Port Elizabeth Golf Club, and contributed … [Read more...] about Engen supports Education in Nelson Mandela Bay

High-tech education for hearing-impaired children

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High-tech education for hearing-impaired children: Think back to when you were a child, learning to read. The strange squiggles on the page came alive when you learned that each represented a familiar sound. When you sounded out each letter, familiar words were formed. When you put the words together, there were sentences. Now imagine trying to go through that same learning process without being able to hear. Letters cannot be brought to life with sound. They remain squiggles on a page. … [Read more...] about High-tech education for hearing-impaired children

Significant impact on the Bay’s early childhood development centres

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73 early childhood development (ECD) centres in Nelson Mandela Bay’s developing communities that received intervention from Early Inspiration across 2016/17 reflected an average of 15% improvement in terms of centre compliance at post-assessment. “124 passionate, dedicated practitioners from Nelson Mandela Bay, that work or volunteer in ECD centres and grade R classrooms took part in our level two skills programme," remarks Early Inspiration MD, Dr Lauren Stretch. "Each underwent a stringent … [Read more...] about Significant impact on the Bay’s early childhood development centres

Bhisho news: Equal Education pickets outside Eastern Cape legislature over bad state of schools

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Equal Education pickets outside Eastern Cape legislature over bad state of schools: Port Elizabeth – Members of Equal Education (EE) held a picket outside the Eastern Cape legislature in Bhisho on Thursday "to draw the attention" of government to the bad state of the schools in the province. Amanda Rinquest, EE deputy head in the ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Equal Education pickets outside Eastern Cape legislature over bad state of schools

Education and curriculum central to driving meaningful transformation

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Education and curriculum central to driving meaningful transformation: South Africa has come a long way, with the first two decades dedicated mainly to reconciliation and nation building. However, if education and the school and post-school curricula are not transformed in meaningful ways, the dream of a non-racial and just society will remain an elusive one. Source: NMMU News Latest News. … [Read more...] about Education and curriculum central to driving meaningful transformation

Major SA organisations reap the rewards of Executive Education

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Major SA organisations reap the rewards of Executive Education: TOP STUDENTS: NMMU Business School director Dr Randall Jonas (front right) and Leadership Academy director Leon Mouton (front left) hosted the annual Executive Education Awards Ceremony on Thursday. With them are the top student award winners (middle, from left) Alvandré Loxton, Rashied Demingo, Tsholofelo Moseki, Bradley White, Jarome Hastie and (back row) Shelley-Anne Ward, Delight Chirenje and Dumisani Platyi. Photo: Supplied … [Read more...] about Major SA organisations reap the rewards of Executive Education

Teacher turned Entrepreneur steps education up in South Africa!

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Teacher turned Entrepreneur steps education up in South Africa!: Cindy Glass Owner and co-founder of Step Up Education Centres, Cindy Glass is a qualified teacher with over 20 years’ experience in helping children grow and develop into the best version of themselves. She started her career at Yellowwood Park Primary in sunny Durban and moved on to open her first after-school tuition centre in 2005 in Port Elizabeth. Two years later she had grown to three branches across the windy city, securing … [Read more...] about Teacher turned Entrepreneur steps education up in South Africa!

Bhisho news: Mkhwebane slates EC education and health for not playing ball

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Mkhwebane slates EC education and health for not playing ball: Addressing members of the Bhisho legislature yesterday, Mkhwebane said the departments of health, education and human settlements, as well as the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, had the potential “to tarnish the good name of the provincial government ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Mkhwebane slates EC education and health for not playing ball

Putting an end to child abuse in education centres

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Putting an end to child abuse in education centres: There are many reasons for the high levels of violence in South Africa, but when it comes to violence towards children, the statistics are frightening. Frighteningly, there are no recent statistics on the level of child abuse in South Africa, but police statistics show that in 2011/2012 50,688 children were victims of violent crimes in South Africa, but not all crimes are reported often because the child is too young to report the crime (or … [Read more...] about Putting an end to child abuse in education centres

Post-School Education Funding Inadequate, Says Committee

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Post-School Education Funding Inadequate, Says Committee: The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has raised concerns about underfunding of the college sector, saying available funding is extremely inadequate. The Chairperson of the Committee, Ms Connie September, said underfunding is a challenge that has arisen consistently in all reviews of the budgetary needs of entities administered by the Department of Higher Education and Training. “We need to look into funding … [Read more...] about Post-School Education Funding Inadequate, Says Committee

King Williams Town news: South Africa: Systemic ‘Failure in Eastern Cape Education’

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South Africa: Systemic 'Failure in Eastern Cape Education': Nearly 2,000 learners from schools in the Eastern Cape marched to the provincial education department in Zwelitsha, King William's Town on Freedom Day. The protest follows the launch earlier this week of a 100 page report by Equal Education titled Planning ... Source: "King Williams Town" - BingNews. GroundUp: Report points to systemic 'failure in Eastern Cape education': Nearly 2,000 pupils from schools in the Eastern Cape marched … [Read more...] about King Williams Town news: South Africa: Systemic ‘Failure in Eastern Cape Education’

Zuurberg race support will help develop education

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Zuurberg race support will help develop education: Students supported by the Sundays River Citrus Company Foundation Trust high-five a participant in a previous edition of the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek. Photo: Great Zuurberg Trek The PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race have once again nominated the Sundays River Citrus Company Foundation Trust as one of their beneficiaries for this year’s event. The partnership would go a long way in helping develop education in the Sundays River … [Read more...] about Zuurberg race support will help develop education

Higher Education Committee Conducts Oversight Visit in Limpopo

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Higher Education Committee Conducts Oversight Visit in Limpopo: The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training will this week undertake a week-long oversight visit in Limpopo, where the Committee will, among other things, visit both the University of Limpopo and the University of Venda. The Committee will also visit Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges – and during the visit meetings will be held with various stakeholders in the sector. The Committee … [Read more...] about Higher Education Committee Conducts Oversight Visit in Limpopo