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Students, sign up for sums
SCHOOL learners can participate in a massive online maths challenge on World Maths Day, taking on their peers around the globe. Top learners will be listed in the Hall of Fame.
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UJ focuses on early learning
FOUNDATION phase education is getting a boost through a new degree programme that will look at how young children learn numeracy and literacy.
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Pritt gets stuck into safety
SCHOLAR patrols at selected schools will be part of the new Pritt Scholar Patrol System, set up to keep learners safe.
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Passionate about teaching
WITH an award for dedication to his name, Josef de Beer is passionate about first-year students and boosting their love for the sciences.
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Few first day jitters
THE academic year seemed to get off to a good start, with learning already taking place for matrics. The premier dropped in to check on progress at several Soweto schools.
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Schools prepare for new year
CHILDREN will be streaming to school later this week after a long summer holiday, with Joburg schools ready for the new academic year.
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Joburg boasts top matriculants
GAUTENG'S top matriculants are honoured, while the education department gets ready for the start of a new year.
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UJ joins science leaders
WORLD-ALTERING science is going on at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, and Johannesburg has a part in it.
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School has a new dream park
THE winner of the My Dream Park competition got an early Christmas present this year, when its vision of a perfect place to play became reality.
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UJ joins up with Harvard
SOWETO school principals - and ultimately its schoolchildren - are to benefit from a partnership between UJ and Harvard.
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Skills centre opens in Diepsloot
SKILLS from sewing to bricklaying, vegetable gardening to computers are being learned at the Zikhuliseni Proficiency Development Centre.
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UJ highlights its achievements
THE University of Johannesburg is streaking ahead of the competition - in the minds of young South Africans and in its achievements.
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Gautrain joins with science lab
A LABORATORY has opened at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre aimed at boosting the interest of young learners in science, maths, engineering and technology.
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Abet learners get certificates
CERTIFICATES were handed to excited cleaners and Sparrow Schools learners after they completed a year-long training course.
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Environment is the star
SCHOOLS used drama as a way of tackling climate change and managing waste, with environmental gift vouchers given for the winning plays.
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Prior learning is recognised
THE skills of hundreds of people have been recorded under the City's Recognition of Prior Learning programme, which should help them get jobs.
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Farm idea wins school competition
ZILUNGISELELE Farmers, a group of learners from Alexandra, have a plan to grow fruit and vegetables to sell. The idea won the first High School Business Plan Competition.
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Computer lab opens at Sci-Bono
COMPUTER skills are being added to the repertoire taught at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, with the opening of a computer laboratory.
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Learn survival secrets from goggas
SURVIVAL of the fittest is the theme of Yebo Gogga Yebo amaBlomo this year, which brings back all the favourites, like bug races.
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Learners discover magic of GIS
JOBURG'S highly rated geographic information systems unit introduced the technology to high school learners with the aim of encouraging them to study further.
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