Wednesday 6 June, 2012 - 14:12
The Southern African Association of Youth Clubs (SAAYC) is a nonprofit, membership organisation that works in youth development.
SAAYC seeks to appoint a Human Resource Generalist, based at SAAYC National Office in Florida, Johannesburg.
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Friday 18 May, 2012 - 9:26
The Department of Basic Education has defended the controversial 30 percent matric pass mark, saying it is ‘reasonable’.
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga describes it as a ‘reasonable pass’, adding that, “In the old curriculum when we had standard and higher grade, you could pass at standard grade with 25 percent, it was recognised... 30 percent is higher than what was there in the past...”
Monday 13 February, 2012 - 15:20
The shortage of doctors is ham-stringing the health services but medical schools are turning away thousands of aspirant medical practitioners each year.
Ranked among the top 500 universities in the world, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine rejected 5 290 applications this year because it could accommodate only 210 first-year students.
The universities of – the Witwatersrand, Medical University of South Africa, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Pretoria, Walter Sisulu and the Free State - have turned down thousands of applications.
Wednesday 18 January, 2012 - 14:57
The Learning Trust seeks to build capacity in outstanding, emerging, community linked education organisations by providing 2 - 5 year grants together with in-house, capacity building support for all grantees. The Learning Trust works closely with a range of dynamic donor partners in supporting the grass-roots, embryonic organisation, education sector.
Monday 16 January, 2012 - 16:27
Founder and benefactor of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Oprah Winfrey, says the standard of school education in South Africa is too low.
Winfrey emphasises that South Africa had to invest in leadership so that rewards could be reaped later, especially in poor communities.
She points out that her school’s success is due to good, knowledgeable teachers and to girls who were not pampered because they came from difficult backgrounds.
Thursday 6 October, 2011 - 11:49
At an evening hosted by Symphonia at Grove Primary on 26 September 2011, entitled ‘Captains of Industry: How Can Business Leaders Make a Meaningful Contribution to Education in South Africa?’ Professor Brian O’Connell, rector and vice-chancellor at University of the Western Cape, spoke on the need for all South Africans to work together to change the state of education in South Africa.
A human rights issue
Monday 6 June, 2011 - 16:36
A United Nations-led alliance has urged young people to change behaviours that increase their risk of contracting AIDS, and called on their elders to provide leadership, education and support.
The group released a report urging communities, leaders and young people to act to stop sex with multiple partners or with older partners, whose prevalence of HIV is statistically higher.
Thursday 7 April, 2011 - 11:40
The South African National Editor's Forum (SANEF) has described attacks on newspaper photographers as not only illegal, but possibly part of a growing tendency among police and the public to prevent journalists from carrying out their duties.
In a press statement, SANEF says there have been a number of instances where police have tried to prevent photographers from taking pictures, taken their cameras, and on occasion roughed them up and arrested them.
Tuesday 2 February, 2010 - 16:01
We have all, at some time or another, felt that jaded feeling... no-one is hearing us, people aren't listening, I simply can't keep their attention...
Acknowledging that ongoing education and training towards personal, organisational and social transformation is key towards realising change at every level of society, Vuleka's acclaimed DEE (Designing Educational Events) courses seek to adress this need.
Monday 15 June, 2009 - 11:18
At the JET Education Services AGM held 14 May 2009, at the Houghton Boardroom, the CEO, Nick Taylor spoke about the role of NGOs in education. He acknowledged that while it is important that NGOs work closely with government, it is not their role to take projects to scale.
Rather, the NGOs should play is to implement a pilot project or field test to determine the viability of the project, conduct a baseline, monitoring and evaluation. The research results will then give the indication of whether this project has the positive impact that was envisioned.
