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The Durban University of Technology (above) has rejected suggestions that one of its students committed suicide because he had not got  financial support from the National Student Aid Scheme.

Durban university denies student jumped to his death over funding

The National Student Aid Scheme insisted it had fully funded his studies, despite suggestions to the contrary from student leaders

Fomer minister of higher education Nobuhle Nkabane. (@Dr_NohbuleN/X)

DA renews call for Nkabane’s dismissal over Seta panel scandal

The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of…

The deputy director of the department of higher education has said  that data produced by her department cannot be used by academics.

In defence of academic freedom and scientific method

The deputy director of the department of higher education has said that data produced by her department cannot be used by academics

Tips for students on how to avoid being scammed

Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions

Thousands of jubilant matriculants will be celebrating the end of 12 years of secondary schooling.

Tips for students on how to avoid being scammed

Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions

Educor, the largest private education provider in Southern Africa, owns the Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum colleges.

Saftu calls on education department to ensure workers’ rights are upheld at Educor colleges

The department of higher education and training has reinstated the private college group’s registration after after revoking it in March

Going green: The EU and South Africa have announced a deal worth R628 million to support the green hydrogen agenda. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

South Africa faces skills gap in hydrogen economy, report finds

The Labour Market Intelligence report has found that occupational workers lack hydrogen-specific skills to compete in the global economy

Educor qualifications are valid, says department

The department of higher education has assured students that they will not be left stranded following the decision to deregister four private colleges

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande

Nzimande slams Educor for leaving 13 000 students stranded

The higher education department has deregistered Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum College after they failed to submit financial reports from 2020

Damelin is one of four colleges that has been deregistered by the department of education.

Damelin, Lyceum College and CityVarsity deregistered

The South African Union of Students says the education department has been in the process of deregistering Educor’s private institutions since July 2023

Back to basics: Ndevana High School in rural Eastern Cape, like many schools, particularly in rural South Africa, has inadequate facilities. Photo by: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

Department of Education

Bold strides have been made in unravelling apartheid’s systems of education but there is still a lot to be done to achieve equality

New skills and solutions are needed for businesses and individuals to thrive in the rapidly changing world of work

Education needs the tools to innovate, invent and create

New skills and solutions are needed for businesses and individuals to thrive in the rapidly changing world of work

Higher education minister Blade Nzimande, who was the first to make a presentation, asked to be excused straight afterwards, because he had another important meeting he needed to attend.

Portfolio committee on higher education criticises ministry for not taking it seriously

Neither the minister nor deputy minister stayed for the duration of an urgent committee meeting to discuss funding challenges for university students

Attack: National Student Financial Aid Scheme regulator Randall Carolissen

NSFAS is a nepotist fiefdom – staff

Employees at the student financial aid scheme have told the education parliamentary portfolio committee that the administrator did not follow procedures when people were appointed

The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay

New education policy on gender violence released

Universities and other higher education institutions have to develop ways of preventing or dealing with rape and other damaging behaviour

A notice published in the Government Gazette by Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande last month said 33% of students could return to campus under level 3.

A small number of students can return to university, but some choose not to

They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting

Most teachers attempt to grade objectively but many students feel it is unfair. Photo: File

UCT to loan (some) students laptops during Covid-19 lockdown

The university is also surveying its students to ascertain what kind of support they need to be able to participate in online learning

Universities must be wary of giving up their strengths for the sake of ‘radical transformation’

Some varsities are out of touch with students’ reality

On Tuesday Nzimande announced the closure of all higher education institutions as of Wednesday until April 15

Higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Government’s plan for universities and schools – the story so far

Ministers outline initiatives and the plans for all education institutions

Schools will be closed from March 18 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Ramaphosa closes schools as country grapples with coronavirus

Following several other countries, South Africa will send learners home this week