GoDaddy, the company empowering everyday entrepreneurs, announced that more than 70 South Africans have graduated its digital skills workshops and are now skilled to teach digital skills through its Train-The-Trainer programme.
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Archive for month: May, 2020
Ensuring the safety and well-being of its pupils, staff and visitors by warranting that all school buildings and facilities comply with the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and applicable regulation, is one of the most important elements of any school's risk management strategy. Following the announcement made by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga last week that Grade 7 and Matric pupils will be returning to school on 1 June 2020, this has become of even greater importance as schools now also need to consider the health and well-being of surrounding neighbourhoods and communities.
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Education is the most powerful tool one can give someone, but without the necessary support it can be very difficult. Helping a learner on their educational journey can be as simple as providing them with a pen and a ruler. That is exactly what Eversharp, a regional stationery manufacturer and a company that is part of the Art Group in Zimbabwe, did when Covid-19 and 'lockdown' took hold of our time, work and livelihood and many learners were left stranded and without the tools they require.
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While the term unprecedented times is becoming a bit oversubscribed, the media is experiencing its own unprecedented, via a global resurgence in media consumption. The fact that audiences, fragmented to marketers for so long, have once again been captive at home, is providing brands with both opportunities and responsibilities.
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Here's an unusual lockdown lesson: in this time of distance learning, colleges should start investing in large scale, physical, hands-on training equipment.
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Schools across the country are in the process of finalising preparations to receive Grade 7 and 12 learners when schools reopen on 1 June.
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In the times in which we currently find ourselves, adequate healthcare and the accompanying screening are of the utmost importance to limit the spreading of the coronavirus. As the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, recently announced that grade seven and grade 12 learners will be able to return to schools come 1 June, the same risk-prevention priorities apply.
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University of Pretoria has appointed executive director of faculty and senior lecturer Dr Morris Mthombeni as interim dean of the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs). He will commence the role on 1 July 2020. Mthombeni will fulfil this role until such time that a permanent dean is appointed following an extensive and exhaustive process by the University of Pretoria. In the meantime, he will work with Professor Nicola Kleyn, the outgoing dean, who steps down at the end of June for a post at the Rotterdam School of Management, in the Netherlands, to ensure a smooth leadership transition.
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Amidst the unprecedented times of the global pandemic, the Adopt-a-School Foundation, a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, continues to work hard at improving education in South Africa. In May 2020, the foundation entered into an exciting partnership with ChairClub to provide school chairs in a 'Buy One, Get One' campaign. ChairClub, a Proudly South African and local South African chair manufacturer, partnered with the foundation in a campaign to support disadvantaged schools in rural and urban communities with comfortable world-class school chairs. Throughout 2020, for every office chair sale, ChairClub will donate a locally-manufactured school chair to schools across the country.
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Students receiving aid from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have been urged to use their learning material allowances to purchase learning devices so they can learn remotely during lockdown.
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