Archive for month: September, 2022

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2209/669450-208x117.jpg" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Eset helps secure a digitally literate future for young South Africans" align="left" loading="lazy"><p>Ahead of International Literacy Day on 8 September, stories about South Africa's poor literacy rates take the spotlight. And the <a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-13-south-africas-literacy-rates-plunge-deeper-as-learning-time-is-lost/" target="_blank">statistics</a> are sadly alarming - eight out of ten grade 4 learners can't read for meaning, while the adult literacy rate is 87%. Digital literacy is equally challenging, especially given that only <a href="https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-11-20-fixed-lines-needed-to-bridge-digital-divide" target="_blank">10%</a> of homes have internet access.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/231358.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=231358">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2209/669432-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Petr Malinak –" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: Petr Malinak – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span><p>The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has launched a new online short learning programme, Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals, and made it freely available for anyone to complete.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/231354.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=231354">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2209/669539-208x117.jpg?5" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics." align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.&lt;/span><p>There are approximately 1.4 billion people in Africa, with a median age of 20. The potential for economic<br>growth on our singular continent is any global economy's dream. To fully unlock this demographic dividend,<br>we would do well by creating working partnerships that accelerate our investments in the education and<br>health of this population.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/410/148/231329.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&c=148&ct=1&ci=231329">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2209/669297-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Brian Jackson –" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: Brian Jackson – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span><p>Who needs a school dictionary these days? It's easier to just google it, right? Wrong! Google or other internet search engines may have the facts you're after, but chances are the language expressing those facts is not suitable for your child's age group, education phase or literacy level (even less so after the educational backlogs created by the pandemic); and does not have the subject vocabulary as specified by the curriculum, the language used in the classroom, or the dialect unique to our country. Sometimes even simple objects or concepts such as 'fridge' or 'rake,' are explained in language only adults will understand. And that's not even taking into account spelling and grammar...</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/231320.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=231320">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2209/669134-208x117.png?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image: Supplied" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image: Supplied&lt;/span><p>Technology is changing education in dramatic ways, resulting in parents having more options than ever before when it comes to schooling for their children. One of the big changes that we've seen in recent years has been the fast-growing number of online schools in South Africa.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/231279.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=231279">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>