Action against religion in South African schools?

School principals and education organisations in South Africa has reacted heavily to the plan of an organisation “Sceptic South Africa” to start monitoring South African schools that are practicing religion in schools. “Sceptic South Africa” plans to prosecute those schools that allow Bible reading and prayer during classes.
The organisation is headed up by Prof George Claasen, extraordinary professor [...]

What is transformation in Higher Education? Nzimande

Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education and Training addressed the issue of transformation of South African universities at the occasion of the University of the Free State public management memorial lecture, held on 3 September 2009. To read a transcript of his speech, published on PoliticsWeb Click Here!

University students in South Africa can’t read?

The recent publication in South Africa of the results of pilots of the new National Benchmark Tests – tests which measure the performance of school-leavers in three key areas and aim to predict whether or not they will have difficulty as they enter university – has brought a flurry of outrage from academics and politicians. [...]

Some Challenges Facing the South Africa Higher Education System

The South African Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande delivered a lecture on the Challenges facing South African Higher Education on 14 August 2009 at the 250th seminar of the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Humanities.
For a transcript of the lecture on PoliticsWeb Click Here!