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Investing in education: The case for independent schools in SA

Investing in education across the continent is becoming vital

Parents can provide the attention and time that most schools cannot

​Home education – is it a possible solution?

Individual attention is impossible to achieve in crowded classrooms

In defiance of schooling stereotypes

So-called ‘struggling’ schools that nevertheless succeed convey lessons we need to understand.

The head of the Farlam commission

Rural E Cape school learns tough lessons in leadership

A school in the Eastern Cape shows that firm management produces excellent results.

Bright future: This classroom is a step up from being taught under a tree

School triumphs against all odds

With almost 100 pupils in one class, it’s hard to believe this institution boasts 100% pass rates.

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

At Kharkams, they learn by heart

Community conquers all at the school in Namaqualand where no one gets left behind.

Teachers with heart see pupils soar

Schools need managing to survive, but with principles and passion they thrive.

South Africa’s secondary education system must find better ways to prepare matriculants for tertiary education.

Excellence thrives in rural isolation

Hidden away in Limpopo, parents and pupils are queuing up at two schools – and for good reason.

(John McCann

‘A cappella moments’ in Katlehong

The lessons that emerge from high-achieving disadvantaged schools should be commonplace

The schools that defy the odds

A documentary series asks what poor schools that excel are doing differently.

Nelson Ma’Afrika leaves his school open until late so that pupils have a place to study.

Teachers who show the way

Real leadership enables pupils at five poor schools to succeed.