Education: South Africa

• 'Big Brother' School App Comes in for a Pounding: Kids Being Taught to Accept 'Rising Levels of Surveillance' - Report. By Prega Govender. Sunday Times Page 8.
• Dire Matric Diagnostics Paint a Scary Future by Katharine Child. Sunday Times Page 8

Higher Education

• South African students are protesting – again. Why it needn’t be this way
• ARUA conference 2019 – Preparing for ‘the revolution’.
• Minister defends HE fee policy against World Bank report.
• University language policy exposes societal fractures.
• Quality assurance guidelines await ministerial approval.

Language and Literacy

• The way children are taught to read hampers their path to success.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Open Textbooks: Access, Affordability, and Academic Success.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• So why did MOOCs fail to live up to the hype?