A Regional Open Schooling Consortium - Working Together to Overcome Some Key Educational Challenges

Jennifer Glennie reports on a recent workshop she attended in Botswana.

NADEOSA Biennial Courseware Awards 2006

The National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa (NADEOSA) Biennial Courseware Award was presented at the 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner. Four submissions were received for the awards. The materials were adjudicated by representatives from the 2004 winners, namely UNISA and the University of Fort Hare. Professor Wendy Kilfoil of UNISA, who co-ordinated the courseware awards on behalf of the Executive Committee, presented the following citation.

SAIDE Supports DOE and NEPAD Initiatives in Teacher Education

The Department of Education has contracted SAIDE to provide services to the NEPAD Education Office in the field of distance teacher education. In providing these services, SAIDE will draw upon the wide range of competencies available within the organization to undertake successfully the various tasks required of NEPAD Education. Tony Mays provides more detail.

Book Review: one pencil to share: stories of teacher transformation in Science and Mathematics from the Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa

Yvonne Reed of the Department of Applied Language at the University of the Witwatersrand reviews a new book on stories on Eastern Cape teacher transformation in the field of Science and Mathematics.

Education Centres Supporting Rural Development: Evaluation of a partnership project in KwaZulu-Natal and the North West Province

The Royal Netherlands Embassy is providing substantial funding to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, the North West Department of Education and the Media in Education Trust (MiET) for an Education centres supporting rural development programme, as well as a the Schools as centres of care and support for children HIV and AIDS programme over a period of four years, from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2009. SAIDE has been commissioned to conduct an evaluation. Both programmes will have a school and a community development element. Kate Kuhn and Tessa Welch report.

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