South Africa – Private, affordable education for townships?

Johannesburg – Kagiso Trust is set to enter the low-fee private school sector, with a specific focus on township schools. The City Press reported that the trust, which was established in [...]

MATHEMATICS teachers would be required to write the annual national assessments on mathematics that grade 3, 6 and 9 pupils write every year, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said at the [...]

Eric Pignot, co-founder of Enko Education Investments, is invited to participate at the World Bank’s private educations seminar panel that will be taking place in Dakar (Senegal) this Tuesday [...]

Mbale Municipality on Thursday closed over 50 schools for operating below the minimum required standards. Some of the closed schools include; Impact Primary School, Chrisco Primary School, Tata [...]

A Dubai-based chain of international schools, GEMS Education, has designated Kenya as its headquarters for Africa operations. The education network which runs the local elite school GEMS [...]

The private sector is starting to invest aggressively in student housing, which has faced severe shortages in the past. Students across SA began the academic year early this month, but according [...]

Satyarthi is in South Africa to address the Global Campaign for Education summit, which has delegates from more than 100 countries taking part, in Pretoria. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in [...]

The Western Cape provincial government is looking to its “smart schools” initiative to boost the quality of teaching and learning. On Monday, it said its e-learning and smart schools [...]

The Ministry of Education has proposed that all public primary schools have a nursery section to improve numeracy and literacy skills in primary-going children. Assistant commissioner primary, Dr [...]

VOI: With rising secondary school fees, many parents are increasingly unable to cope with the high cost of education. In the Coast region, the situation is particularly grave due to high poverty [...]