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The apparent benefits of the internship model need to be offset by operational, political and academic challenges

Testing the ‘glass cliff’ theory at school

Some think that putting women in sticky situations when they reach the top is setting them up for failure, but the opposite could be true

Women have the strongest contact with children, says Busiswe Mahlangu. (Graphic: John McCann)

Busiswe Mahlangu

Principal, Hlolisa Primary School

Tough love: Teenagers need to be informed and need to have access to contraceptives.

Back to school for gymslip mothers

A ‘revolutionary’ learner pregnancy policy will enable teen moms to get back to school earlier.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and then-president Thabo Mbeki in 2000.

Editorial: Test the testers

We need to appoint strong, imaginative principals to lead schools. Testing their competency is essential.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and then-president Thabo Mbeki in 2000.

Applicant principals fail to write their competency test

Seven out of nine departments did not develop the assessment called for by the National Development Plan.

Responsibility is a matter of principals

Improving access to quality education is a societal issue, but it’s for a school’s head to fish out the rot.

Rural KZN school gets A+ for pass rates

A principled principal has enjoyed tremendous success by instilling self-confidence in his pupils.

Leading by example

Leading by example

When head teachers are given management skills they run their schools as though they are running businesses.

Linking principals with business

School principals in the Western Cape will benefit from a community upliftment initiative aimed at equipping them with leadership and management skill

Rising to the challenge

<strong>David Millar</strong>, principal of Norman Henshilwood School, reflects on his role as a leader.

A matter of principals

SGBs expressed dismay this week that the department of basic education was discussing whether to remove their power to appoint school principals.