New Design> magazine for schools, teachers and parents

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 23 Feb, 2010

Design> Information has launched a new free subscription web-based publication  entitled Design> Education (Ed>). aimed at high school learners, teachers, tertiary students, lecturers and parents with an interest in design.

The report on Bizcommunity.com  goes on to say

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Highlights include a preview of the soon-to-be-released The Parlotones music video, Stars Fall Down, designed by Lung Animation. Readers can click through to see a variety of the-making-of clips. Ed> also offers a look at the conceptual design behind the blockbuster movie, District 9's inhuman and disgusting aliens and an interview with the young designers of DesignFaktorii on sustainable product design.

 ... not just another design magazine but positioned to inspire talented young minds to pursue careers in design, convince parents to support their kids in design, empower art and design teachers with relevant teaching resources and solicit greater respect for the profession amongst career guidance teachers, school principals and education administrators.

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Education gets R165 billion - budget speech

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 17 Feb, 2010

From the Budget speech 

<snip>Education spending remains our largest item of spending, giving meaning to our commitment that it is our number one priority. The total budget for education next year is R165 billion.

To roll out workbooks in all 11 official languages to help raise our literacy and numeracy levels and to test all learners in grades 3, 6 and 9, a further R2.7 billion is allocated to the Department of Basic Education.

Expanding and improving capacity at our FET colleges is a vital part of our growth strategy. We have set ourselves ambitious targets to expand the number of young people studying vocational subjects. The budget for FET colleges of R12 billion over three years, has been shifted from provinces to the national department. A further R1.3 billion is allocated to improve the salaries of FET college educators.

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State of the Nation address: Education

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 12 Feb, 2010
Teachers are to get daily detailed lesson plans and school inspections are to be reinstated.   News24 reports on aspects of education in the State of the Nation address.   

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Bokamoso Ba Rona - Virtual March to Parliament

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 10 Feb, 2010

As part of the recently launched Bokamoso Ba Rona Youth Campaign,  there'll be a virtual march to Parliament in cyberspace to attend President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address on Thursday 11 Feb 2010.     

This virtual march is part of the Bokamosa Ba Rona Youth Campaign launched by the Parliamentary Millenium Programme last year.

Through this campaign, South African youth are encouraged to take an interest in national affairs and participate in the work of the national Legislature.   They will be giving a platform to speak for themselves on social networking sites such as MXit, Facebook and a dedicated website. 

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50 Best Blogs for Education

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 5 Feb, 2010
A list of 50 Best Blogs for Education from Online Universities.   Categories include Education News,  Educational Policy and Educational Technology, amongst others.

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