Author Archive for: The Education community of South Africa

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657299.png" alt="Edtech - modernising education in an ever-growing digital landscape" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Learning technologies have long been...

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657115-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Serhii Vasylevskyi –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Serhii Vasylevskyi – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Swahili will be taught as an elective language course at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 2023, with the aim of launching it as a major subject in 2028. Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng made the announcement in her opening address at UCT's Africa Month panel discussion recently, discussing the role of language and music in liberating and integrating Africa.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228285.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228285">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/656830-208x117.jpg" alt="Narrowing the gap between skills and opportunity for youth employment" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Data published by Statistics South Africa at the end of March this year showed that the country's official unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to a record 35.3% in the fourth quarter of last year. Couple that to an ailing economy that's seemingly worsening and the outlook for the country's youth looks quite bleak at first glance. South Africa's <a href="https://redacademy.co.za/?utm_source=bizcommunity&utm_medium=advertorial&utm_campaign=skillsandopportunity" target="_blank">redAcademy</a>, however, is one organisation that's taking the skills and unemployment crises head-on. They're on a mission to fast-track careers in the real world, through what they term a <i>career sprint</i>, that's destined to narrow the gap between skills and opportunities.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228218.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228218">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/656820.jpg" alt="Smart Skills Centres can bridge the digital skills divide" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Last year, Qatar launched its first 'Education City' in an ambitious attempt to revolutionise education infrastructure development. The city houses 50 local and international education-related institutions offering education from basic kindergarten level to doctoral programmes, all in one, centralised space. Qatar's Education City is located on the western edge of its capital city, Doha, and includes technology labs, primary and secondary schools, technical and vocational colleges, innovation incubators, and eight foreign university campuses including top global universities such as Carnegie Mellon (a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). This provides a central hub for education excellence and for innovation and collaboration to thrive.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228213.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228213">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>