While our education outcomes are improving slowly across the country, we have a serious problem in the Northern Cape. It is screaming for help and desperately needs our attention. By Nicky Roberts, Mhlanga Mbala and Refilwe Thobejane In January this year we decided to just listen to the media cacophony about matric results and not contribute […]
By Nicky Roberts 25 Jan 2023 Why are our young men more vulnerable to dropping out? Why are they failing more? What is going on in homes and communities which pulls men away from schools? And how do those factors play out in society and employment at large? Like many South Africans across the country I […]
By Nicky Roberts 31 Jan 2022 How to score top marks negotiating the minefield that is Grade 12 (and maths and physics). Unlike our competitors, we don’t force you to pay to read the news but we do need your email address to make your experience better. I am a professor in mathematics education. My […]
By Nicky Roberts 12 Jan 2022 3 If we scrap the 30% pass mark, our expectation of each Grade 12 learner is: Choose your NSC subjects wisely and get the best marks that you can in all your subjects. The higher your marks, the more opportunities for further study and work will open up for you. You […]
By Nicky Roberts 23 Feb 2021 2 The national matric results for 2020, when taken province by province, show that our outcomes are improving and our inequality narrowing. But the impact of Covid-19 and our rising poverty is yet to be evident in our school results. Our Class of 2020 was in fact quite protected from the […]
By Dr Thembisa Kosi, Mashaba Mashala, Dr Monica Mawoyo, Dr Qetelo Moloi, Dr Thelma Mort and Dr Sibongile Xamlashe Follow 07 Nov 2024 1 The push for mother-tongue-based Bilingual Education in South Africa is a welcome step, but for it to be effectively implemented there must be alignment between educational policy, school curricula, and Initial Teacher Education. […]
