Entries by The Education community of South Africa

How trade apprenticeships can help tackle SA’s youth unemployment crisis

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659481-208x117.jpg?3" alt="How trade apprenticeships can help tackle SA's youth unemployment crisis" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">With SA's youth unemployment rate <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/362/228340.html">currently at 63.9%</a>, traditional trades such as plumbing, electrical work, carpentry and construction can play a key role in absorbing new job market entrants.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/870/228885.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=870&ct=1&ci=228885">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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Afrika Tikkun and 1on1 Math host young wizards at the annual Math Olympiad Competition

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659447.jpg" alt="Afrika Tikkun and 1on1 Math host young wizards at the annual Math Olympiad Competition" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Afrika Tikkun in partnership with 1on1 Math Khan Academy hosted brilliant young minds at our annual Math Olympiad Competition, on 5 June 2022 at the Houghton Hotel, in Johannesburg. The competition saw 60 of Afrika Tikkun's young boys and girls, from our five Centres of Excellence in Alexandra, Braamfontein, Diepsloot, Mfuleni, and Orange Farm, competing in this year's final. The final competition was a culmination of top performers from Grade 1 to Grade 12, beneficiaries of our Child and Youth Development (CYD) Programme at the Centres.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/228861.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=228861">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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Here is the new skillset future engineers will require

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659350-208x117.jpg?1" alt="Here is the new skillset future engineers will require" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Youth Day in South Africa is a time when we reflect on how far we've come as a country and the challenges we face.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/494/228838.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=494&ct=1&ci=228838">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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Young academics urged to participate in research

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659211-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Ion Chiosea –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Ion Chiosea – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has called on young and black academics to partake in the department's research support provided to South African public universities.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228808.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228808">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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With relevant skills, youth can accelerate progress in South Africa

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659159.png" alt="With relevant skills, youth can accelerate progress in South Africa" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">The Salesian Institute Youth Projects (SIYP) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of South Africa's vulnerable children and youth at risk. Providing education, emotional support and skills development training for at-risk young people in Cape Town since 1910.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228796.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228796">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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Educator misconduct: Why legislation needs to be amended now

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/659121-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Brad Calkins –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Brad Calkins – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>South Africa's education legislation lacks teeth when it comes to regulating the misconduct and incompetence of some of our educators in the public basic education system, says Dr Cecile de Villiers. De Villiers was recently awarded her doctorate in Mercantile Law at Stellenbosch University (SU) with her thesis focusing on the regulation of the performance of departmental and other educators in public basic education.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/717/228778.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=717&ct=1&ci=228778">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

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