PRIVATE education provider Curro is investing about R250m as part of its plans to expand into the provision of tertiary education. The group provides education from nursery schooling to training [...]
In the United States, the persistence of K-12 teaching as a predominantly female profession is sometimes lamented as a sign that certain workforce gender conventions prevail. In fact, things may [...]
The Department of Basic Education has received a donation of R117-million – to be made over a period of 10 years – from the Motsepe Foundation towards sporting and cultural competitions.Of this, [...]
Bailey Thomson and SPARK Schools are helping to break ground on education in Africa. SPARK schools — a chain of private schools in South Africa for which Thomson is the director of school [...]
LOW-KEY investment company Trematon has made a promising first pitch into the vibrant private school market. Year to end-August results released at the weekend confirmed Trematon’s new private [...]
PRIVATE education conglomerate Advtech, which has its shares trading at a record high, has garnered strong backing for its proposed R850m rights offer. On Tuesday, the company — which owns the [...]
SOUTH Africa’s stock exchange has dropped an investigation into an insider trading claim made against the former chairman of private education firm Advtech following a takeover bid. The JSE said [...]
SALMAN KHAN SITS at the head of a conference table, surrounded by about a dozen children, talking about Hitler. It’s late June, nine months into the first year at Khan Lab School, Khan’s [...]
Free education in South Africa is a goal worth pursuing, especially for students who are poor and want access to tertiary institutions and those who correctly see it as a right and developmental [...]