Umalusi gives greenlight to administer 2020 examsEducation Quality Assurance Council, Umalusi, has given assessment bodies the greenlight to administer the 2020 matric exams.
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10 semi-finalists announced for Global Edtech Startup Awards (GESA) South AfricaFollowing a judging process facilitated by industry leader Snapplify, the UK South Africa Tech Hub, delivering the GESAwards in South Africa have announced the regional shortlist of South African semi-finalists.
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IIE launches first ever brand leadership Doctorate in South AfricaThe Independent Institute of Education, SA's largest and most accredited private higher education provider, has launched the first of its kind Doctor of Philosophy in Brand Leadership qualification, which will provide brand leadership professionals with the opportunity to make groundbreaking contributions to the development of the profession on the continent and globally.
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Maritime Economics videos to aid matric exam prepA new series of Grade 12 Maritime Economics videos has been launched to assist the more than 600 matriculants across South Africa who, despite significant disruptions to their education by the Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges, will sit down to write their final NSC/IEB Maritime Economics examination on 25 November 2020.
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Durban High School and Digicampus launch online learning academyDurban High School is collaborating with DigiCampus to launch Swales Online Academy, a contemporary educational platform, which will be ready to welcome fulltime students for the 2021 academic year.
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Durban High School and Digicampus launch online learning academyDurban High School is collaborating with DigiCampus to launch Swales Online Academy, a contemporary educational platform, which will be ready to welcome fulltime students for the 2021 academic year.
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2020 JSE Investment Challenge award winners announcedThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge recently held its first virtual awards ceremony. The six-month-long CSI initiative enables learners and students to understand the fundamentals of investing by trading JSE-listed shares on a virtual trading platform. Each school and university team is given a virtual amount of R1 million to invest on a simulated trading platform that mimics the live stock market, but without any real risks.
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2020 JSE Investment Challenge award winners announcedThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge recently held its first virtual awards ceremony. The six-month-long CSI initiative enables learners and students to understand the fundamentals of investing by trading JSE-listed shares on a virtual trading platform. Each school and university team is given a virtual amount of R1 million to invest on a simulated trading platform that mimics the live stock market, but without any real risks.
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National School of Government senior fellows announcedPublic Service and Administration Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has endorsed the appointment of three eminent former senior public servants as inaugural senior fellows of the National School of Government (NSG).
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Just a few weeks left to help these kidsThanks to marketing departments, motivational speakers, life coaches and team builders, many of us have picked up an annoying habit of reflex positivity. Problems are 'challenges.' Obstacles are 'gifts'. We reflect on the good things which never would have happened without this disaster, etc, etc, etc. Of course, we have to. What else are we going to do, in the end, but get on with it? Still, a few moments of sympathy and commiseration are warranted. Let me just say, then, that 2020 has been rough. In fact, there is a great Afrikaans term, synonymous with human waste, three letters, sharp and palindromic. Got it? That's been 2020 for most people.
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