Education: South Africa

• Soweto ’76 leader slams govt over poor education, ‘keeping people as mental slaves’.
• Motshekga taken to court as pupils struggle.
• A million children are left home alone as creches remain closed.
• 67 Gauteng schools closed due to Covid-19 cases, infrastructure issues.
• EC schools placed under custodianship of health department.
• Parents ‘don’t have to sign indemnity forms for child to return to class’.
• School is a break from work, hunger for teenagers like these.
• Black youth can’t wait until tomorrow.

Language and literacy

• Why dads matter: How reading to your kids can make a difference.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Open Educational Resources: Question Answered.
• The pandemic presents an opportunity to rethink educational resources to better serve students.
• My Journey To Open.
• Improving the Digital Accessibility of OER: A Reflective Guide.
• Introducing the OER Guide for WR 227 Instructors.
• 'Better Every Semester': How Faculty Use Open Educational Resources to Improve Courses.

Post-schooling

• Nzimande impressed with COVID-19 readiness at TVET college.
• UKZN to phase-in about 15 000 students.
• UKZN students threaten to 'forcefully occupy' residences unless opening date is given.
• FAO continues to resolve NSFAS funding issues despite Lockdown.

Teaching and Learning

• The lecture paradox.
• ‘Rhodes Must Fall’.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• NSFAS beneficiary makes the most of free laptop.
• Changed, Changed Utterly.
• Massive Study of Online Teaching Ends With Surprising — and ‘Deflating’ — Result.
• COVID-19 Has Widened the ‘Homework Gap’ Into a Full-Fledged Learning Gap.
• The Remote Learning Diaries: Moving Forward and Improving the Future of Online Learning.
• Quality assurance is key to sustainable blended learning.