Education: South Africa 

• Dangerous, unhygienic pit latrines in Limpopo schools ‘must be eradicated sooner rather than later’.
• Section 27 back in court to argue for the eradication of pit toilets in Limpopo.
• Bullied Limpopo schoolgirl’s suicide raises disturbing questions about moral compass of our children.
• Basic Education Supports Investigation Into Death of Learner At Equal Education Camp.
• Mfuleni's 'Illegal' School Struggling to Cope.
• Eastern Cape teenager drowns during an Equal Education leadership camp.
• Bullying overwhelms teachers and education system.
• ‘I am ashamed to say I teach at Klipspruit-West school’.
• ‘Send kids back to school’.
• Unisa promises 48 hour turnaround for student queries.

 Language and Literacy

• Game just put Sepedi and Setswana educational books on its shelves, starting at R30.

Post Schooling

• Academentia: Our universities are being strangled by managerial bureaucracy — we must return to the academy.
• ‘It takes a village to complete a PhD’: My message to the Humanities Class of 2021.
• In defence of Zambian academic Sishuwa Sishuwa and the social responsibility of intellectuals.
• Weighed against the crass materialism of the political class, rebuilding the UCT library is a veritable act of defiance.
• DDGs Appointment to Bring Stability in Higher Education.
• Adam Habib’s bullying antics go on abroad.
• 20 Unisa postgraduate students 'cleared' of plagiarism still in the dark about way forward.
• NSFAS structure yet to be aligned to face new reality, board chairperson tells Parliament.
• Minister seeks legal advice on Unisa enrolments.
• UFS pays attention to need for mother-language education - AfriForum.
• Thoughts for food: Rethinking what Africa puts on its plate.
• Solid performance by SA institutions, but also warning bells.

Skills and Employment

• How Mobile Learning Quickly And Effectively Upskills Your Employees.

Teaching and Learning

• Kids with a desk and a quiet place to study do better in school, data shows.
• Five things you need to know this week about global education (May 07, 2021).
• The problems with resilience thinking.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• Professor Zeblon Vilakazi dreams of an MIT-styled digital technology hub at Wits.
• Aver Announces Funniest Distance Learning Videos Contest.
• Online learning doesn't improve student sleep habits, research suggests.
• The impact of the digital divide on student mobility.
• Effectiveness of Augmented Reality in Online Distance Learning at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Exploring online social networks of school leaders in times of COVID‐19.

Upcoming Conferences 

• DETA Conference 2021, 3 - 5 August 2021. Theme:  Reimagining African Teacher Education through Distance for a Post-Pandemic Future.