THE CONVERSATION Kids’ screen time rose by 50% during the pandemic. 3 tips for the whole family to bring it back down 4 min 0 By Joanne Orlando
DISTRESS SIGNALS, PART THREE UCT Online High School — fears over opaque restructuring plans and lack of academic support 8 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
DISTRESS SIGNALS, PART TWO UCT Online High School — ‘shocking marking’ after grading outsourced 13 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
DISTRESS SIGNALS, PART ONE UCT Online High School is a ‘sinking ship’, say insiders and parents 8 min 12 By Victoria O’Regan
THE CONVERSATION Children live online more than ever – we need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time 4 min 1 By Kathryn MacCallum and Cheryl Brown
OP-ED For the good of the child: Benefits of in-person schooling far outweigh those of online learning 2 min 0 By Graham Sayer, Clare Searle and Tasym Jewel
EDUCATION MATTERS The jury is out on whether UCT’s online high school will democratise learning 7 min 1 By Sandisiwe Shoba
RIGHT OF REPLY Challenges of learning during a pandemic: Stellenbosch University is responsive to the needs of students 2 min 0 By Martin Viljoen for Stellenbosch University
Year in Review: Higher Education Annus horribilis provides universities with an opportunity to reinvent themselves 7 min 1 By Sandisiwe Shoba
RIGHT OF REPLY ‘We are not moribund’ – Council on Higher Education responds to Adam Habib and Shirona Patel 4 min 0 By N Themba Mosia
OP-ED The global pandemic could become an opportunity to build an equitable, inclusive education system 5 min 0 By Andile Cele
OP-ED How UJ steered the academic year through lockdown and online education 6 min 0 By Saurabh Sinha and Angina Parekh
OP-ED Salvaging the school year: Learning must continue for all, especially Grades 8 and 9 3 min 0 By Craig Pournara and Lynn Bowie
EDUCATION Widening inequality gap in SA schooling a further casualty of Covid-19 6 min 0 By Unknown Author
Coronavirus & education NSFAS students still wait for laptops months into lockdown, while campus life slowly resumes 4 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
MAVERICK CITIZEN: Op-Ed The challenges of remote online learning in higher education and the missing middle 2 min 0 By Mila Harding and Motheo Brodie
CORONAVIRUS OP-ED Back to school, Part 2: How innovative teachers embraced online learning during lockdown 2 min 0 By Kimon Phitidis
Coronavirus & Education Letter to the President: Reopening rural schools needs special consideration amid Covid-19 7 min 0 By Anonymous Education Specialist
HIGHER LEARNING Tertiary education academic year set to continue into 2021 3 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba