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South Africa’s skills authorities have warned that the country must urgently accelerate skills development for the green hydrogen economy or risk falling behind global competitors.
The Nigerian government has announced it is cancelling a controversial policy that mandated the use of indigenous languages for teaching in the earliest years of schooling instead of English.
A rapid shift from a small, familiar school environment to expansive university classrooms filled with thousands of students is one of the first adjustments students face when moving from high school to tertiary education.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has revealed that government has held behind-the-scenes discussions about shutting down the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), but said “vested interests” are likely to prevent the move from going ahead.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela says South Africa’s just energy transition will only succeed if it is driven by a strong skills base that empowers young people to take charge of the country’s shift towards cleaner energy.
The Russell Group was right to insist, in the wake of the UK government’s recent Post-16 Education and White Paper, that humanities graduates have an important role to play in fulfilling the industrial strategy.
KwaZulu-Natal is grappling with a grim truth - hundreds of young girls are falling victim to sexual abuse and becoming mothers at an alarmingly young age.
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education has expressed deep concern over the alarming number of statutory rape cases in South African schools, revealing that only 42,650 of the country’s 405,000 educators have been vetted.
