Education

Flanagan Scholarship winner off to Cambridge

A young Port Elizabeth woman, Nadine Sampson, has realised her dream to study overseas after being awarded a prestigious scholarship by Rhodes University.

Maths whizz-kids return from Uganda

Three St Andrew's College boys recently visited the 2012 Academy of the African Gifted Foundation (AGF), hosted by Makerere University in Uganda.

Sadtu takes education department to court

The South African Democratic Teachers' Union, Sadtu, is preparing to take the Eastern Cape education department to court, in a bid to put a halt to its 2012 Post Provision plan, which has seen the axing of thousands of temporary teachers and the reassignment of permanent teachers.

First Ruth First scholarship awarded

Masters student Camalita Naicker has become the first studentto be awarded an R80 000 Ruth First Scholarship by Rhodes University, after being chosen from 13 shortlisted candidates.

Teacher brings life to history

His pupils describe him as the best teacher in their school career, who makes lessons from the sleepy and daunting subject of history, fun. This teacher is at Graeme College, one of the schools in Grahamstown that got the most distinctions for history in the recent matric exams. Grocott's Mail spoke to Grade 12 History teacher, Robin Stephenson, to find out what he's doing right. Humbled by the compliment that he seems to have the formula for good results, Stephenson said, "One has to look at comparative schools.

There are some schools that are privileged in our country and others are not. The culture of learning is stronger in some schools." He said if they were doing something right, it must be that they'd managed to achieve the fundamental aim - for the learners to engage with the subject, debate it, learn life lessons from the subject and have opinions concerning it.

Muni focuses on local schools

Stationery - check. Books - check. But the redeployment of teachers, rampant vandalism of school resources and teachers playing administrators were just some of the challenges township schools still faced.

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