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Education
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Move Over Bioplus: Chinese Students Cram For Exams With IV Drips Attached [PICS]
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
China is abuzz at the moment with pictures allegedly uploaded by a student at a high school in Hubei Province where learners are given amino acids on IV drips to help them study, while they study!. The photos were uploaded to one of China’s many Twitter-like micro-blogging sites, and we’ve got a full gallery, and the official explanation, after the jump!
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I Am An African Man: African Men, Hollywood Stereotypes [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of the positive things to emerge from the Kony 2012 saga was the fact that discussion around some of Africa’s many problems increased. One could say that more people know about some of the things we deal with, than before Kony 2012. Charity organisation, Mama Hope, has since released a response video, seeking to break what it calls stereotypes of black African men.
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Eastern Cape Education Head Resigns Amid Turmoil
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Eastern Cape education crisis deepened yesterday as it was announced that Modidima Mannya had resigned as Eastern Cape education department head. Eastern Cape Premier, Noxolo Kiviet, made the announcement and said the agreement was “in the best interest” of education in the province.
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Boeing Teams Up With SA Flight School To Train Pilots
20 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In what is a first for Boeing Commercial Aviation outside of the United States, it has been announced that the aviation giant will team up with a flying school in the Eastern Cape to meet increased demand for air crews across the continent.
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“If You Don’t Know About Digital, And You Work In Marketing, You’re Pretty Screwed” – Quirk Education Talks To 2oceansvibe Radio
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Last Friday, we heard from Lyndi Lawson-Smith from Quirk Education on 2oceansvibe Radio’s Premier Show. Lyndi is the Head of Education at this fine digital teaching establishment. In this entertaining 15 minute chat, Lyndi explains Quirk Education’s accreditation, the length and format of the average course, and why staying abreast of the insights compiled by […]
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Tuks Student Accidentally Shoots Herself At Graduation Ceremony
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’ve heard of the saying, “don’t take a knife to a gunfight”, but taking a gun to your graduation ceremony is just plain ridiculous. A female student at the University of Pretoria was wounded yesterday when she sat down, only to have a gun go off inside her graduation gown. She was wounded in her stomach and is “seriously injured.”
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Durban UT Student Goes From Rags To Academic Riches
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Studies show SA students are only interested in brands, booze and food, but this Durban University of Technology student sets an awesome example for everyone who has to fight tremendous odds to make it somewhere through education. Read his awesome success story, after the jump!
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US “Monkey Bill” Will Protect Teachers Who Allow Students To Criticize Evolution And Global Warming
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Back in 1925, Dayton, Tennessee was home to the famous Scopes “monkey trial”, which saw teacher John Scopes violating a state statute by teaching evolution in biology. Almost a century of science, research and cultural development later they’re still dealing with the same problems.
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SA Students Love Brands, Booze & Food: Study
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A recent study by South African student magazine, Student Village and the Department of Marketing and Retail Management at UNISA has shed some light on the consumer habits of South Africa’s 850 000 university, technikon- and college-going students. The skinny on South Africa’s student spending, after the jump!
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Now It’s Helen Zille Versus The SA Human Rights Commission
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A youth activist based in Johannesburg has apparently laid a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (HRC) regarding Helen Zille’s tweet of almost two weeks ago, where she referred to scholars in the Eastern Cape that come to the Western Cape for schooling as “refugees”. Read his justification while Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” gently resonates in your head, after the jump!
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Madonna Scales Back Charity Efforts In Malawi
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2009 Madonna broke ground for a new school in Malawi, side by side with the country’s Minister of Education. Now the singer’s plans to build a $15 million academy for girls have fallen by the wayside. Her Raising Malawi foundation announced recently that it would instead channel $300 000 into an existing NGO which builds schools, making some Malawians very unhappy.
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Google Launches Incredible Nelson Mandela Digital Archive
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to launch what will arguably become the most extensive online archive of Nelson Mandela’s life. The free global access to photos, videos, letters and personal documents about his life and times will continue to expand as people across the world add their memorabilia to the archive.
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Helen Zille And The Eastern Cape “Health Refugee”
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Less than a week after Helen Zille’s latest Twitter-storm about comments she made about the state of education here in the Western Cape versus the same in our neighbours – she called students from the Eastern Cape who attend school here “refugees” – she has gotten all up in the ANC’s grille once more with fresh comments regarding the state of health here versus there.
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Presidency Enters Grabouw Fracas To Try Resolve Differences
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Despite a lull in tension, all is still not well in sleepy Grabouw. Residents are still at each others throats over the apparent discrimination in the administration of local school facilities. So much so, that the Presidency has taken an unusual step to actually do something about it. More of this alleged good governance after the jump!
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Cape Schoolboy Draws Chess Match With Garry Kasparov
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An 11-year-old schoolboy from Constantia, Cape Town, has endured a three-hour chess match against the man widely known as the greatest chess player ever. The match ended in a draw, and was part of the Cape Town launch of the Kasparov Chess Foundation in Africa. But, we have little doubt Daniel Barrish wouldn’t be claiming this one at break-time today.
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Samsung To Provide Free Satellite TV Services
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Samsung has partnered with SES satellite services to drive digitalisation in Africa. The free service will be available on selected Samsung LED TV’s, and will provide access to 60 free-to-air TV channels that do not require a separate decoder.
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Johannesburg Chooses Owls To Fight Rat Plague In Alexandra Township
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Before you begin to make fun of the headline used for this article, we must tell you that the vermin extractors will also be serving an educational purpose. Johannesburg’s general owl population has been in decline for years as a result of urbanisation, but new owl projects are helping to combat this.
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After 244 Years, Encyclopedia Britannica Goes Out Of Print
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I’m sure we all remember a time before internet. You know, when we had to do a project for school and had to go to the library and actually look stuff up in books. The first set of books was normally the Encyclopedia Britannica. After 244 years, no more.
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Invisible Children: Make Joseph Kony Famous [VIDEO]
07 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This might turn out to be the most inspiring documentary you will watch all year. A serious campaign is underway to bring down Joseph Kony, the infamous leader of the Ugandan guerrilla group: the Lord’s Resistance Army. The LRA is responsible for an unquantifiable number of atrocities across Uganda. Human trafficking, brutal rape, and child soldier deployment are commonplace. This is KONY 2102.
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A Sequel To The Infamous “Papa Wag Vir Jou” Drunk-Driving Campaign Is Out [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Did you know that Shrien Dewani’s lawyer used the previous advert to try and convince a court that South African jails were dangerous and that he shouldn’t be extradited from Britain to face trial for allegedly killing his wife Anni? The sequel, which aired last night for the first time, is bound to instil yet more fear in drunken drivers’ minds.
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Township School Gets Sponsored iPads [VIDEO]
20 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Late last month we reported how several posh Gauteng private schools were planning to make iPads mandatory learning aids in their classes, and now several rural schools are getting sponsored iPads for their learners, too. We like. We like a lot.
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Student Suspended After Sexy Term Paper To Professor
15 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s a long standing rumour in varsities around the world. The girl who’s marks aren’t quite up to scratch, so she goes to speak to her professor in his office. Some flirting happens, a cute smile, who knows – but all of a sudden she’s got straight A’s. This doesn’t quite work when you do the same in an assignment, and especially not when you’re a 56 year-old male.
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27 School Pupils Greeted By Police – For Being Late To School
15 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How’s this? I was late to school every now and then, but I was never met with police. This seems a little hardcore: 27 pupils who arrived late for school were greeted by a group of police officers waiting for them. This comes after 700 students and some teachers arrived late to the same school on Monday.
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US High School Students Demonstrate Their Wonderful Lack Of General Knowledge [VIDEO]
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The US, the most powerful nation in the world both in terms of their economy and military seem to be lacking in one crucial area; education. A recent short study done by a high school student portrays the average American student as not knowing all too much about their own country.
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Manchester University Formal Letter About Masturbation Gets Leaked
27 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Residents of several of Manchester University’s accommodations recently received what can only be described as an incredibly awkward letter from management. It comprises talk of blocked drains, “taking care of your business”, and disposing of discharges appropriately.
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Cosatu Is Really Unhappy With That DA Poster, Drops “White Supremacy” Slur
26 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cosatu has come out guns blazing at that DA Students’ Organisation poster that has raised a few eyebrows this week. Speaking in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday, Zet Luzipo, provincial secretary for Cosatu, and no stranger to speaking his mind, slammed the poster saying: “It entrenches white supremacy that we fought against during the liberation struggle.”
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Posh Gauteng School To Make iPads Mandatory
26 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
With the news that Apple looks set to revolutionise school learning with its textbook initiative, comes another report that a Johannesburg private school is going to make iPads compulsory this year, at parents’ cost. How long until other schools follow suit?
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Chaos, Pepper Spray and Tasers At Vaal University Of Technology Registration
24 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tertiary education is turning into a very dangerous pursuit indeed. Following on the heels of the incident at the University of Johannesburg not too long ago, similar chaos is currently underway at the Vaal University of Technology. Students have been queuing since Monday to get registered for classes, but have been faced with heavy, and some would say aggressive, security.
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Student Drowns During Orientation At Potch
23 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
During orientation at NWU in Potchefstroom on Saturday night, a group of first-year students were told to “clean themselves in a swimming pool.” When they left, not a single one of the “conductors” in charge noticed the group had one less member. The body was only later found at the bottom of the pool when a different group of students went for a swim.
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‘Apple In Education’ Launches New Digital Educational Tools
20 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As part of their ‘reinvention of the textbook,’ Apple yesterday unveiled three new applications for use in the digital educational under their Apple in Education program: iBooks 2, iBooks Author, and iTunes U. The tools are designed to allow for interactive textbooks, digital textbook creation, and open-access educational resources from top universities, respectively.
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