‘Edumocracy’: Education by the people, for the people, to the people!

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/658000.jpg" alt="'Edumocracy': Education by the people, for the people, to the people!" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">In his book, <i>Beyond the Limits to Growth</i> (2014), author Hiroshi Komiyama writes about the pursuit of a 'platinum society' - a society that aims to improve the lives of people through innovation, through coordination with industry, government, and academia. It was such a society that beckoned at the new dawn of democracy in 1994 when the country transitioned into a new political dispensation with a new Constitution and Bill of Rights, new anthem and a new international identity.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228508.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228508">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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LISTEN: Wits Plus part-time degree alumni share their experiences

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657949.png" alt="LISTEN: Wits Plus part-time degree alumni share their experiences" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">In this episode of BizTakeouts, three alumni who completed their BA degrees part-time through Wits Plus share their experiences.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/589/228494.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=589&ct=1&ci=228494">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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LISTEN: Wits Plus part-time degree alumni share their experiences

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657949.png" alt="LISTEN: Wits Plus part-time degree alumni share their experiences" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">In this episode of BizTakeouts, three alumni who completed their BA degrees part-time through Wits Plus share their experiences.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/589/228494.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=589&ct=1&ci=228494">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Autodesk offers unemployed engineering grads the first step toward their career

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657971-208x117.jpg?1" alt="Murat Tüzüm, Autodesk's head of manufacturing industry EMEA emerging" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Murat Tüzüm, Autodesk's head of manufacturing industry EMEA emerging&lt;/span>Autodesk is providing engineering graduates with a leg up into the working world of manufacturing through the launch of its First Step in Your Career initiative. Initially launched in Turkey in 2021, this skills training programme is now available in South Africa.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228496.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228496">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Covid left South African pupils far behind in maths and language skills

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657925-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: M R Fakhrurrozi –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: M R Fakhrurrozi – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Learning to read, write, count and calculate forms the basis for all other learning in school and beyond. Pupils start to learn these basic skills in the first three years of schooling. Their learning continues throughout their time in school as the content becomes more complex.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/228485.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=228485">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Level up your corporate e-learning with gamification

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657796-208x117.jpg?3" alt="Image source: RODNAE Productions from" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: RODNAE Productions from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span>We all know how social media gamifies communication by offering immediate, vivid, and quantified evaluations of our conversational success. These game-like features are responsible for much of social media's psychological wallop. Social media is addictive, in part, because it feels so good to watch those likes go up, and in the background we know that the platforms' scoring mechanisms bring with them another very game-like aspect: a clear and unambiguous ranking.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228450.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228450">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Learners at Residensia Secondary School in Sebokeng receive school chairs donation

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657721.png" alt="Learners at Residensia Secondary School in Sebokeng receive school chairs donation" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">On Thursday, 19 May 2022, learners at Residensia Secondary School in Sebokeng received a donation of 86 school chairs from the Adopt-a-School Foundation and ChairClub. The donation stemmed from office chairs purchased by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/228428.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=228428">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Applications for Thuthuka Bursary now open

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657724-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: rawpixel –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: rawpixel – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Aspiring chartered accountants have been invited to apply for the 2023 intake of the Thuthuka Bursary.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/853/228429.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=853&ct=1&ci=228429">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Fostering a culture of entrepreneurship among TVET students

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657703.png" alt="Fostering a culture of entrepreneurship among TVET students" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Self-employment and job creation are all the buzz. Highlighted on media platforms and on the lips of every politician, the eradication of red tape and bureaucracy is critical to the restoration of the global economy via entrepreneurship.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228425.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228425">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Making a difference in schools from the inside out

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657696.jpg" alt="Making a difference in schools from the inside out" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">At the Pearson Marang Education Trust (PMET), our mission for the last 14 years has been to improve the quality of teaching, learning and school management in South Africa.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/228423.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=228423">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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