Focus on education paying off: Zuma

Focus on education paying off: Zuma

South Africa's push for universal access to education, and for improved learning and teaching, are starting to pay off, President Jacob Zuma told Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday.

SA unveils higher education plan

South Africa's Department of Higher Education has launched the Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training, which will see the country move towards producing more graduates with the in-demand skills necessary to grow the economy.

SA aims for more college students

The Department of Higher Education and Training plans to raise the number of student enrolments at South Africa's colleges and other post-school institutions to 4-million by 2030 - a six-fold increase over current numbers.

Matric pass rate improves to 70.2%

70.2% of the matriculants who sat for the 2011 National Senior Certificate examinations at South Africa's state schools passed their exams - a 2.4 percentage point increase on the previous year's pass rate of 67.8%.

Mobile technology for better teaching

A number of local and international companies have teamed up with the Basic Education Department to launch the Vodacom Mobile Education Programme, which enables teachers across South Africa to use mobile technology to access resources to improve their teaching.

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