With the alarming levels of unemployment in South Africa, it's essential to identify where there are skills shortages and to encourage learners to study in those fields that present employment opportunities. An industry such as robotics is calling out for more engineers; however, there's a concerning trend that's taking place at school level.
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Archive for month: October, 2020
With the alarming levels of unemployment in South Africa, it's essential to identify where there are skills shortages and to encourage learners to study in those fields that present employment opportunities. An industry such as robotics is calling out for more engineers; however, there's a concerning trend that's taking place at school level.
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Primary school mathematics education and youth employment programme JumpStart has been awarded the MTN Award for Social Change. The award, valued at R300,000, attracted 143 entries across the three categories and was made at the Trialogue Business in Society conference on Wednesday, 14 October.
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Think you have what it takes to be a software developer or programmer? Applications are now open for the 2021 WeThinkCode_ full-time, fully-sponsored two-year programming course. Three hundred places are available for the NQF-5 course, to be held at WeThinkCode_ campuses in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
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While celebrating this year's World Teachers Day, we should recognise how the Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the key role that teachers already play in South Africa's schools.
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The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) find themselves in confrontation with the government over teachers’ salaries and ‘incapacitation’, as teachers remain out of the classroom. They have urged the Government to improve its financial offer to teachers in order to get them to return to work.
There has been significant movement within the marketing communications industry particularly over the last year. The lines between agency and client expertise are blurring and this is opening up opportunities for personal and team development within the industry. Throughout one career, many of our industry's talents may cross between agency, corporate, freelancing and/or consulting.
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UN Special Rapporteur calls on African Governments to involve Teachers Unions
Uganda National Teachers’ Union Reacts to School Reopening
Xperien has launched a CSI initiative to support forgotten students at middle-class independent and private schools. Many of these less established schools are closing down and scholars will be unable to complete the academic year due to the detrimental impact of the pandemic.
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