The BELA Bill: Not all that Pretty Editor Picks Education Highlighted South Africa by ANN Reporter - 13th Jun 202213th Jun 2022 And not all about homeschooling, as they’d have you believe… In South Africa, homeschooling has only really been ‘a thing’ since 1996 when it was legalised through the South African Schools Act (84 of 1996). At that time, a mere 50 families were home-schooling. These days it’s estimated at around 120,000 – though we suspect it’s way more, especially after the past two years of draconian Covid measures in schools where a good many parents removed their children from educational institutions to home school then instead. So, most home-schoolers have been aware of the looming Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill for quite some time. After all, the process started in 2013 and has been an ongoing debate for several years. They have known
DUT Not Backing Down On Vaccination Policy Education South Africa by ANN Reporter - 2nd Mar 2022 Persistent protests by students and other concerned civil society groups over the last two weeks against DUT's new access rules seem to have done very little if anything at all. In a statement on 2 March 2022, the university made it clear that the return of staff and students to in-person classes will be done in line with their Policy Choices on Vaccination approved by the DUT Council on 4 December 2021. The Policy choices on vaccination give a person access to DUT premises on three conditions or choices: Fully Vaccinated. Unvaccinated: need to produce a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours prior to seeking access to DUT campus. Refusal to fully vaccinate or undergo testing allows students only to access
Zwarttalent Urges Governments Across Africa to Tackle Poverty With Tech Education Africa News Tech and Gadgets by Alt News Team - 9th Nov 2021 Lagos, Nigeria, 9th November 2021: Zwart Talent Foundation, a nonprofit organisation that bridges the growing tech talent gap, has called on governments across Africa to tackle poverty on the continent with tech education. The Foundation which was recently launched made this call through its Chairman, Nelson Tosin Ajulo at a recent roundtable with IT experts, policymakers and tech enthusiasts. Ajulo said in his address: “Poverty is a problem across the world. It is not peculiar to only Africa. Regardless, the developed world has made us believe that Africa is the poverty capital of the world. This is not true. Despite this, we have to find quick and practical solutions to combat endemic poverty on the continent.” “We strongly believe that the right type
