Caretaker school principal wears many hats
My search for a school to host a corporate social investment programme took me to the new township of Glenridge near Soweto yesterday. This is a greenfields housing/township development in an area...
View ArticleEducation ranking of 133 in the world poses a problem for business
Number 133 out of 142 countries in the world is where South Africa ranks in terms of the quality of its education system, according to the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index. We...
View ArticleSIFE students driving change worthy of support
I was fortunate to be asked again to be a judge at the annual Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) awards today. SIFE is an international organisation that mobilises tertiary education students to...
View ArticleBuildings or people: what makes for a wealthy school?
A recent visit to schools all over SA has highlighted the shambles that is the Department of Education’s quintile system. Schools are rated according the qunitiles, with quintile 1 schools deemed to be...
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