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A shock to the system: how new teachers in Zimbabwe learn to do their jobs

Nhlanhla Mpofu and Lizette J de Jager There’s a big difference between what prospective teachers learn at university and what they find when they enter the world...

Tanzania: Govt Employs 6,495 new teachers

Alawi Masare The government said on Wednesday that it has employed 6,495 teachers for both secondary and primary schools to fill gaps left after sacking...

Zimbabwe: High Court Judge and Zimsec in exam results printing row

New Zimbabwe A former High Court judge has been dragged to court for demanding thousands of dollars from the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) after...

South Africa: Minister Suspends Equal Education Programmes

Tariro Washinyira Western Cape Minister of Education Debbie Schäfer has instructed Equal Education (EE) to stop operating in the province's schools by 22 May until...

South Africa’s apartheid schools

Francois Cleophas South Africa’s history of segregation has left its footprints in many places. Take the case of semi-rural Franschoek in the country’s Western Cape...

Nigerian university graduates find it tough in job market

Daily Trust Minister of State for Education Professor Anthony Anwuka last week proposed a one-year post-graduation training to be offered in some specialized institutions in...

Mother bought fake permit to get her child into school

Bernard Chiguvare     Zimbabwean families caught between the departments of Home Affairs and Education are resorting to buying fake documents in order to register their...

New school already crammed beyond capacity

Vincent Lali     Last week angry parents refused to vacate a school in Khayelitsha, demanding their children be admitted. “They crammed their kids into classrooms...

South Sudan’s former child soldiers find it hard to get back to school

Merethe Skårås More than 200 child soldiers have been freed from armed groups in South Sudan. The 112 boys and 95 girls, all under the age of...

Quality education starts with schools that work

Norman Mbazima What would it take to re-imagine South Africa’s education system? It starts with the basics: we must find a way to give each...

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