Entries by The Education community of South Africa

Why tech is secondary to the transformation of education in SA

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673734-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Kampus Production from" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: Kampus Production from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span><p>South Africa's leap into digital education, which gained impetus during the national lockdown, is facing headwinds, with institutions often not having the necessary hybrid learning methodology, infrastructure or educator professional development in place. This has led to several colleges reverting to full-time in-person classes, which represents a setback - but the situation can and must be reversed.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/232395.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=232395">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

5 key skills that learnerships can provide

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673418-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: RF._.studio from" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: RF._.studio from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span><p>While South Africa struggles with one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, it is also faced with a shortage of skilled people to fill positions in many sectors. Businesses want workers who can hit the ground running, yet matriculants don't have the skills or the understanding of the work environment to make the required impact.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/232334.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=232334">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

Custom content solutions

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673311-208x117.jpg" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Custom content solutions" align="left" loading="lazy"><p>Here's a prediction: as we progress deeper into the 21st century, the traditional dance between academic publisher and educational institution will be disrupted. In a shift accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, institutions are beginning to take greater cognisance of the value of academic content, and affordances of digitisation are empowering educational institutions to take greater responsibility for, and ownership of, this content.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/232300.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=232300">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

Two teachers’ unions agree to 3% wage increase

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673202-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="It would be wrong for teachers to strike so close to learners’ exams, says the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >It would be wrong for teachers to strike so close to learners’ exams, says the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp&lt;/span><p>Two teachers' unions have accepted the government's revised 3% wage increase offer to public servants.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/232278.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=232278">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

How to increase e-learning using the 90/20/8 rule

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673052-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Getty Images" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: Getty Images&lt;/span><p>The 90/20/8 rule of adult attention states that learners are fully alert and attentive for the first eight minutes. By 20 minutes, their attention dips, and by 90 minutes, it crashes. What's more, e-learning must be precise, easy to assimilate, and relevant to the employee's job to be effective, and yet too many e-learning solutions still consist of lengthy, boring, one-dimensional PDFs and videos.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/232246.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=232246">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

SA languages spell checker now available for free download

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/672899-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: berna namoglu –" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: berna namoglu – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span><p>Citizens can now access a spelling and hyphenation checker tool for South Africa's 10 official languages, excluding English.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/371/232206.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=371&ct=1&ci=232206">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

SA languages spell checker now available for free download

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/672899-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: berna namoglu –" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: berna namoglu – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span><p>Citizens can now access a spelling and hyphenation checker tool for South Africa's 10 official languages, excluding English.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/371/232206.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=371&ct=1&ci=232206">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>