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the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
The Canada Virtual Science Fair is a wonderful treasure-chest of resources. It's an annual online science and technology fair open to all Canadian students in grades K-12. Teams pick a science or technologically or environmental topic and then create a website to display their work. (Technical assistance is available)
There are links on the site to past winning projects and more ...
This year's matric exams are the first since the introduction of the new curriculum.
In this Mail and Guardian article, Penny Vinjevold, deputy director general for further education and training, answers concerns about the integrity and credibility of the forthcoming exams.
Report in the Weekender (18 October 2008)
"AS THE African National Congress (ANC) prepares to extend free education to 60% of schools next year, it has emerged that little has been done in the past year to ease infrastructure backlogs at the poorest schools.
After almost 15 years of democracy, and an education department with a budget allocation larger than any other government department, there remain thousands of schools across the country that still do not have sanitation, water, electricity, science laboratories or sports facilities."
Teachers Matter! World Teachers' Day is celebrated on 5th October each year.
UNESCO calculates that 18 million additional teachers are needed worldwide if the goal of universal primary education is to be achieved by 2015. Many more teachers will be required to meet the needs for secondary, higher, technical and vocational education, according to a joint statement issued by them.
On World Teachers’ Day, do you want to say “Thank you” to a teacher who made a difference in your life? Electronic greeting cards are available on: www.5oct.org
Here's the poster to print WTD08_final_eng.pdf .
