Corrin Varady News Today

Political parties are all promising education reform, but will any of their campaign rhetoric translate into real change?

Dr Corrin Varady, CEO at Idea, says STEM skills essential for turning Sona rhetoric into reality...

It was reported that the skills gap is also hampering South Africa's competitiveness in the global mining market.

Pushing students through school with inadequate results and without feedback creates a false sense of achievement.

The information and communication technologies (ICT), finance, and real estate sectors, while not the largest industries in South Africa, are still heavyweights in their own right. In 2021, the country’s ICT sector recorded R243.6bn in revenue, while finance, real estate, and business services sectors contributed an estimated R1.09tn to the country’s GDP in 2022.

Technology could enable more students to participate in basic education without having to build more classrooms.

Teachers are pivotal in breaking the cycle of poverty, inequality, and social injustice while fostering economic growth in South Africa. However, the country

The intended use of Web 3 technologies and investment in data science is redefining the future landscape of entrepreneur education in SA...

Digital education can assist in delivering large parts of the curriculum model without displacing teachers or removing the relevance of schools

The CEO of edtech platform IDEA says that virtual schools, if used by the government, could help thousands of learners get educated.