Investing in education across the continent is becoming vital

The education system continues to entrench elite advantage while the poor stay stuck on lower tiers.

Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.

Wits University’s SRC leader says the state has an obligation to see that the country’s best minds have the opportunity to study.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s final Budget speech before elections in May is a masterplan to please the masses.

A new initiative byt the KZN education department aims to improve matric results and foster teacher growth.

Projected student numbers for the future demand a rethink of the traditional teaching model of universities, writes Victoria John.

Litigation is increasingly being used to force the government to provide the basics needed in schools, writes Victoria John

Tertiary education is expensive and many who aspire to be students are forced to apply for study loans, such as those offered by banks.

The African National Congress (ANC) on Friday recommitted itself to free basic education and universal access to quality healthcare.

The ANC’s Polokwane conference resolved that the government should progressively introduce free education for the poor up to undergraduate level.