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admin wrote a new post, Homeschooling vs online schooling in South Africa 5 months, 1 week ago
3 January 2021
In 2020, the education landscape changed permanently. Covid-19 pushed schools, teachers, learners and parents into unfamiliar territory, and many had to adapt to teaching and learning methods […]
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admin wrote a new post, SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION: STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION 5 years, 4 months ago
South Africa’s education system is split into three levels: elementary, secondary and tertiary. Prior to 2009, the National Department of Education was responsible for higher education as well as elementary and […]
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admin wrote a new post, SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS 5 years, 4 months ago
Elementary Schooling: The Basics
Elementary education in South Africa lasts seven years, and requires the completion of grades R (or reception year, which is equivalent to kindergarten) through grade 6. This phase […]
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admin wrote a new post, NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK 5 years, 7 months ago
South Africa employs a National Qualifications Framework (NQF), which defines benchmark requirements and goals for all levels of the education system. Initiated in 1995, the framework originally included eight le […]
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admin wrote a new post, HIGHER EDUCATION: TVET AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 5 years, 7 months ago
As at upper secondary level, post-secondary education in South Africa includes both an academically oriented university track and a vocationally oriented technical track.
Technical Education
Given high youth […]
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admin wrote a new post, HIGHER EDUCATION: ACCREDITATION 5 years, 7 months ago
Quality assurance in South African higher education involves institutional oversight and program-based accreditation under the auspices of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the South African Qualifications […]
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admin wrote a new post, HIGHER EDUCATION: DEGREES 5 years, 7 months ago
Bachelor’s Degrees
Students who obtain a “bachelor’s pass” on the National Senior Certificate examination have the right to be admitted to university, but some institutions have additional admission tests or othe […]
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admin wrote a new post, TEACHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA 5 years, 8 months ago
South Africa is currently experiencing a shortage of teachers. According to one study, the country is in need of as many as 30,000 additional teachers by 2025. The government has invested heavily in teacher […]
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admin wrote a new post, SOUTH AFRICA – DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS 5 years, 8 months ago
Secondary Education
WES requires that all external examination results for the National Senior Certificate (or its predecessor, the Senior Certificate) be sent directly to WES by Umalusi (the South African C […]
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admin wrote a new post, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 5 years, 8 months ago
The South African education system, characterised by crumbling infrastructure, overcrowded classrooms and relatively poor educational outcomes, is perpetuating inequality and as a result failing too many of its […]
