Achievers
 Cassia Mildner (10) from Northern Cape Cássia recieved an average of 87% for five entries in piano under ten at the recent Upington Eistedfod. Her parents, Hartmuth and Sonia, have been homeschooling her since birth.Souce: Die Gemsbok 10 Nov 2006 |
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“Van die kinders wat tuisonderwys ontvang wou terugkeer na ons skool maar kon nie die toelatingseksamen slaag nie" - Dr JM Theunissen, Hoof : Hoërskool Overkruin, Pretoria Zambi Skolenuus September 2006 |
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On school education
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I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched. |
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News - other countries
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News - South Africa
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 Angie Motshekga From the midst of the rubble that used to be the government school system, instructions are now going out to kill off alternative options. However, mothers who are also intellectual and business leaders, such as Mampela Ramphele and Wendy Luhabe, tell us that our shools are now worse than Bantu Education.
They should know. Bantu Education is what they had, before 1976.
But Angie Motshekga, MEC for Education in Gauteng, wants all homeschoolers to be qualified and certified teachers (of which there are fewer in the schools every day), all home education to comply with the discredited national curriculum, and all homelearners to follow programmes registered wih the South African Qualificaions Authority (SAQA). Those are only some of the "guidelines and criteria" the MEC intends to impose on homeschoolers in Gauteng.
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On 4th October 2001, the then minister of Education, Kader Asmal, and the chariman of the Curriculum Committee, Prof Linda Chisholm, issued a media statement attacking the Pestalozzi Trust in a vicious bout of propaganda.
Strangely, the statement is now attributed to Chisholm alone in the government archives on the internet! |
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Tuisleerders was die groep kandidate met die beste gemiddelde prestasie in die matriekeksamen van die BCVO. |
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Education Minister Naledi Pandor plans to send unruly and disruptive children home to be educated by their parents. Schools must provide them with learning materials. |
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"It can therefore be estimated that children are more likely to be violated at school than at other places, making schools one of the most dangerous places for the small child..." |
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