Education: South Africa 

• How COVID is affecting school attendance in South Africa: piecing together the puzzle.
• Angie Motshekga: Process to overhaul history curriculum to be finalised this year.
• The 30% matric pass mark: To increase or to scrap, and why all the excitable commentary?
• Township education can be quality learning & teaching, says Lesufi.
• Matric results euphoria is both educationally and politically misplaced.
• Gauteng’s top pupil bags 100% in 3 subjects – including maths.
• Close to 1.1 million Western Cape pupils start their academic year.
• South Africa minister tells schoolgirls to 'open books and close legs'.
• Why we must raise the bar for our matric students.

Language and Literacy

• When Librarians Unionize.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Open Learning Environments May Help More People Obtain a College Education.
• Why are Students Paying So Much for Textbooks?
• Advancing an Ecosystem for Open Educational Resources OER in Texas Higher Education: Biennial Report 2021 
• NUI Galway project makes free educational material more accessible.
• Could the Open Schools Act help revive in-person learning?
• COSAS calls for the school curriculum to be changed

Post Schooling

• Jabs not mandatory at KZN varsities, but PCR tests required.
• Contested spaces, artefacts in SA's higher education.
• The Beast Foundation and Henley Business School Africa offer five scholarships to athletes.
• Universities encourage students to register online amid pandemic.
• Thousands expected to flock to Cape universities in a bid to secure late spots.
• Scrap one-metre distance Covid-19 classroom rule, says Western Cape Education MEC.
• 'Universities will have to recalibrate their incomes': proposed tuition fee increase of 4.3%, accommodation 6.3%.
• New TUT vice-chancellor and principal Tinyiko Maluleke outlines plans.
• Parliamentary committee backs harassed Univen academic.
• Inside Higher Ed Acquired by Times Higher Education.
• Pretoria universities mull mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy .
• South African University Students Fight COVID Vaccine Mandates.

Teaching and Learning  

• Will Test Optional Become the ‘New Normal’?
• Lessons for the education sector from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Focusing on problem-solving in math improves understanding.
• Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught.
• Trends Shaping Education in 2022.
• Student registration underway.
• Tips to preparing your child for blended learning this year.
• Now is the Time to Build a New Field in Education.
• What a STEM E-Learning Platform Can Offer Your Child .

Technology Enhanced Learning

• The Formative Future: AI, standardised testing and student outcomes.
• South Africa to launch three nanosatellites as part of R27 million space project.
• Moodle e-learning platform patches session hijack bug that led to pre-auth RCE.
• EdTech and Skills.
• Shop online at Loot for all your varsity textbooks and accessories.
• Inside Higher Ed Acquired by Times Higher Education.
• ‘Don’t mess with my algorithm’: Exploring the relationship between listeners and automated curation and recommendation on music streaming services.

Call for papers or book chapter

• Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures.
• NADEOSA Conference 2022: Call for Abstracts.