Education: South Africa

• School (Rephafogile Secondary, Mamelodi) Defies Shortages to Produce Top Matric Results: Early Birds Get Chairs, Or Squat on the Cold Floors by Yoliswa Sobuwa. Sowetan Page 5.
• Student Nurses' Future in Limbo: Protest Over Exam Results has Caused Indefinite Closure of School by Zoe Mahopo. Sowetan Page 7.
• We Need Communities' Backing to Thwart Break-Ins At Our Schools by Panyaza Lesufi. Sowetan Page 15.
• Eastern Cape MEC promises school repairs as ‘motivation’ after improved pass rate.
• The death of hope is rife in the education of our young by Stephen Grootes.

Higher Education

• University is Not Right For Everyone: Young People See Technical Colleges as Dumping Sites Instead of Places to Acquire Sought-After Skills by Bongekile Macupe. Mail & Guardian Page 10.
• Shaping Cities Goes Beyond Student Beds: Sustainable Urban Development Requires the Collaboration of Municipalities and the Universities to Advance Social Integration by Mark Paterson, Jean-Paul Addie and Leslie Bank. Mail & Guardian Page 30.
• Industry 4.0 is Being Taken Seriously: A Pilot Project is Being Run at Several Primary Schools to Establish the Curriculum Challenges by Sarah Gravett. Mail & Guardian Page 31.

Language and Literacy

• Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?
• Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools.

Social Media

• Why You Should NOT Quit Facebook or Twitter.