We asked university students to tell their own stories in photos: here’s why
IN South Africa, university students who come from low-income households in rural areas are at a disadvantage. Having generally attended
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EDUCATION
Online and in the classroom, COVID-19 has put new demands on teachers
AS a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were on lockdown in South Africa from March 2020. They only partially
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Password education should be age-appropriate: here’s how
KAREN RENAUD, Visiting Professor of Cybersecurity, Rhodes University SUZANNE PRIOR, Lecturer in Computing, Abertay University CHILDREN are increasingly being exposed
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Why the Child’s Rights Act still doesn’t apply throughout Nigeria
NIGERIA adopted the Child’s Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights
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Case law suggests South Africa must do more about disrupted schooling
SINCE the first case of COVID-19 was reported in South Africa, the question of how to manage the country’s schools
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Millions of African children rely on TV education during pandemic
NAZANINE MOSHIRI FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kenyan student Miguel Munene sits between his parents, holding their hands as he watches cartoon characters teaching
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South African universities need to know why students’ suicide risk is so high
AN estimated 800,000 people die by suicide globally each year. It’s the second most common cause of death in people
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Zimbabwe’s education law now does more for children, but there are still gaps
ZIMBABWE recently adopted the Education Amendment Act, 2020, to align its Education Act with the country’s Constitution. The amendment is
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Nigerian charity tries to salvage a slum’s schooling amid pandemic
ANGELA UKOMADU and NNEKA CHILE OUTSIDE her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks two upturned buckets,
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Nigerian university students find online learning painful: here’s why
IN response to the compulsory closure of institutions of learning as part of measures aimed at curbing the spread of
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