Distance Education

• Unisa is a giant mess and its well-paid suits need to sort it out now by Jonathan Jansen.

Education: South Africa

• TVET Colleges Need Serious Attention from Government by Stanley Ncobela. Sowetan Page 15.
• Editorial: A Retreat in Disgrace - Bureaucrats, who Referred to Children as 'Fraudulent' for Daring to Go to School Without Birth Certificates, have Capitulated on Their Hard Stance by Rob Rose. Financial Mail Page 5.
• Empowering Someone is What Real Teaching Is All About..
• Lesufi Launches New Smart School: State of the Art Secondary Cost R60m to Construct by Yoliswa Sobuwa. Sowetan Page 6.
• Pupils Still Forced to Walk to Class: Some Schools Have Been Applying for Scholar Transport Since 2011 - to No Avail by Bongekile Macupe. Mail & Guardian Page 12.
• Nehawu Begins Nationwide Shutdown of Colleges.

Higher Education

• Perils of Exclusion: As the Protests Taking Place at our Universities Tell Us, Excluding People from Opportunities to Improve Themselves Will Have Devastating Consequences by Thuli Madonsela. Financial Mail Page 8.
• Old Debts Cost Universities Dearly by Bongekile Macupe. Mail and Guardian Page 7.
• A Relevant Economics Curriculum Should Include Different Schools of Thought and Students Must Learn to Engage with These in a Critical Way by Sean Mfundza Muller. Mail & Guardian Page 38.
• Lessons from Transformation at Universities by Mandla Makhanya. Mail & Guardian Page 39.
• Naledi Pandor Asks Students to Provide Specific Complaints About Universities.
•  Working Together to Address Student Concerns.

Language and Literacy

• What Rubbish are Kids Reading? The Very Best Kind.
• Every Child Deserves to be Read Aloud to by Lizelle Langford. Mail & Guardian Page 39.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• Should You Allow Laptops in Class? Here’s What the Latest Study Adds to That Debate.
• Insight into Community College Students and Challenges of Online Education.
• Technology in the Classroom Can Boost Productivity. The Star Page 3.