ZERO DROPOUT CAMPAIGN Targeted interventions needed to reduce school dropout rates 6 min 5 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 13 – 17 MARCH This week – Pro-hope webinar with Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, Anti-Racism Week, plus a how to #UprootTheDMRE talk 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LIFE SHEDDING Rolling blackouts aggravate levels of absenteeism, incomplete homework, disrupted classes in SA 5 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
NSC RESULTS Matric Class of 2022 should be celebrated, but results not accurate ‘barometer’ for education system — experts 5 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 16-20 JANUARY This week – protest against poor management of rolling blackouts, petition against fossil fuels and talk on school dropouts 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ZERO DROPOUT CAMPAIGN Educators stress the need for a ‘culture of care’ at schools 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 11-16 JULY This week – protest outside Cape Town’s River Club, World Population Day and a talk on July unrest 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LEARNING GAP OP-ED Even before the pandemic, pupils were falling behind – how can we achieve a fundamental catch-up? 3 min 0 By Senzo Hlophe, Rahima Essop and Pumza Ndamase
HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL South Africa needs a national education strategy to tackle the school dropout crisis 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LEARNING CURVE OP-ED Challenging assumptions about school dropouts – the evidence doesn’t support the popular stereotypes 5 min 0 By Rahima Essop and Beth Vale
EDUCATION OP-ED High-quality data can help us understand the complex lives of South Africa’s children and why they drop out 6 min 0 By Rahima Essop, Angela Biden and Merle Mansfield
MAVERICK CITIZEN 168 Zero Dropout Campaign’s Merle Mansfield on a mission to halve South Africa’s 40% school dropout rate 6 min 1 By Christi Nortier
COVID CLASSROOM Campaign calls for SA to talk about the pupils who dropped out of school 4 min 0 By Christi Nortier
