Lingua Franca Publishers prepares a path for a bright future
The term ‘lingua franca’ refers to a common language that is spoken between people with different native languages. This is what Lingua Franca Publishers has…
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Read: The Boy and the Poacher’s Moon
Celebrating World Rhino Day? Why not take a look at The Boy and the Poacher’s Moon by Pamela Newham. Your learners will love this adventure.…
The Social Dilemma – are your students puppets to social media?
With 4.5bn online – and approximately 4bn of them on mobile devices – social media is now as commonplace as eating lunch. It is not…
Policy options to crack the mother tongue versus English riddle in South African schools
Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Stellenbosch University Internationally, education theory favours mother-tongue instruction and recommends that schooling should begin in the language the child knows best, often their…
RELEASE: BASIC EDUCATION MINISTER WELCOMES CABINET DECISION, CALLS FOR COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT SCHOOLS AGAINST VANDALISM
The Minister of Basic Education Mrs Angie Motshekga has welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa today regarding Cabinet decision on the school break. The…
Schools to close from Monday as COVID-19 cases rise
With the country entering the eye of the COVID-19 storm, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the closure of public schools for the next four weeks.…
Maths teachers in South Africa: case study shows what’s missing
Jacques Verster, Cape Peninsula University of Technology South African students are bad at maths compared to other countries. This is clear from results of South…
COVID-19 school closures in South Africa and their impact on children
Servaas van der Berg, Stellenbosch University When the new coronavirus rapidly spread across the globe, evidence of its effect on children was still scanty and…
BRAND NEW Teacha! Magazine – School Safety Edition
While times have been uncertain, and schooling has definitely changed, one thing is certain… When we put our teacher-minds together and work as a community,…