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South Africa: Talent Report Indicates Future Leadership Issues

SHL is the world’s leading talent assessor, offering specialised testing which measures talent and its future impact on the nation in question. SHL South Africa has recently published a report which indicates that whilst ...
by Ashleigh Brown
 
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Compulsory Education for South African Inmates

Starting on April 1, it will be mandatory for prison inmates who do not have a qualification equivalent to Grade 9 to complete levels one through four of Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET), a program that aims to improv...
by Sean Yi
 
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Papua New Guinea Drops Outcome-Based Curriculum

In response to low academic rates, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government decided to scrap the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) system and return to the more traditional Objective-Based curriculum. The OBE system is designed to fac...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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South Africa’s Youth Falls Behind in Education

Early this month, the results of the second annual education assessment were announced in South Africa. The government tested nearly 7 million students from 24,000 schools on basic skills. The results showed that the youth of S...
by Sera Yoo
 
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South Africa’s Hero and the Kliptown Youth Program

A local man in Kliptown, South Africa, was recently listed as one of ten finalists for the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year award. 30-year-old Thulani Madondo dreamed of helping local youths in their difficult circumstances, especiall...
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Super Telescope will Explore the Edge of Space

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world’s largest radio telescope, capable of detecting faint radiation from the Milky Way along with hundreds of millions of distant galaxies. Here’s the run down. The SKA: - ...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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South Africa’s Missing Textbooks in Trial

The government of the Limpopo province in South Africa has been in an ongoing scandal as classrooms are still missing a substantial amount of textbooks that was promised to them. The Department of Basic Education has been calle...
by Sera Yoo
 
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South Africa Creates Career-Education Program to Give Students Career and Higher Ed Direction

A new program created by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the Department of Higher Education and Training is encouraging students to make early decisions on careers, as well as to apply early to higher educ...
by Amanda Bragg
 
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Poor Education Affecting Job Opportunities in South Africa

The first step to a good career is a good education. In South Africa, however, many young people are left out of the job force due to their inferior education.  Out of 142 countries, the World Economic Forum placed the South A...
by Sera Yoo
 
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