by Natalie Wood | Jun 23, 2020 | News
Home Schooling’ or ‘home education’, is where a parent of a learner of a compulsory school-going age may provide education for his/her own children at home. As many parents are still hesitant to send their children back to school, the Minister of Basic Education has...
by Natalie Wood | Jun 12, 2020 | News
COVID-19: Protect children from child labour On June 12 every year, the World Day Against Child Labour is witnessed all over the world to raise awareness for the prevention of child labour. Children around the world are routinely engaged in paid and unpaid forms of...
by Natalie Wood | Mar 10, 2020 | News
Every year, UN-Water sets a theme for World Water Day, and this year it is about how water and climate change are inextricably linked. The aim of the day is to teach adults and children how our use of water will help reduce floods, droughts, scarcity and pollution,...
by Natalie Wood | Feb 28, 2020 | News
Imaginative play is a wonderful gift through which children can experience fantasy worlds in a risk-free way. It may seem nonsensical at times, to adults, but actually very important work is being done when children engage in “pretend-play”. From slaying...
by Natalie Wood | Feb 15, 2020 | News
The last twenty-five years, or so, have been characterised more and more by the use of digital technology, since the introduction of the internet in 1991. Whereas previously the emphasis was on traditional industry and preparing learners for a manufacturing economy,...