Distance Education

• Heeding lessons from international distance learning.
• Distance education can be better than the traditional classroom.

Education: South Africa

• Basic education media briefing postponed to Monday.
• Thousands of teachers expected to ask for permission to teach from home.
• Back to school rules: Must be at 50% capacity and pupils must be 1.5m apart.
• EXCLUSIVE: Nearly half of SA's schools are not ready to reopen on June 1 - survey.
• Parents’ school dilemma.
• Education dept now says pupils will only go back on 8 June, Western Cape disagrees.
• School’s out: Nationwide reopening postponed, but Western Cape won’t wait.
• Paediatricians support move to reopen schools.
• Is It Wise to Restart School On Monday?

Language and Literacy

• Wild Coast schoolchildren document their Covid-19 hopes and fears.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• The idea of a national Open School is an excellent one. The BBC is ready to make it happen.

Post-schooling

• Sustaining the Values of Tertiary Education during the COVID-19 Crisis. 
• Postpandemic Outlook for Higher Education is Bleakest for the Poorest.
• COVID-19 Threat to Higher Education: Africa’s Challenges, Responses, and Apprehensions. 
• Towards a flexible and adaptable HE after COVID-19.
• Institutions across Africa face common challenges in the COVID-19 crisis.
• Univen (partly) open for certain students from 1 June.
• The phased return of students and staff to campuses.
• Eastern Cape schools without water, sanitation won’t open on Monday.
• The academy’s neoliberal response to COVID-19: Why faculty should be wary and how we can push back.

Teaching and Learning

• Blended learning is the way forward after the pandemic.
• Education post-COVID-19: customised blended learning is urgently needed.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• Move to start digital learning system at CPUT.
• Unisa apologises for online exam glitches.
• Long-term Data Access for 2020 - Wits partners with Vodacom.
• Lessons for the Future From Online Learning.