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19 March 2015
Improving on performance (The New Age)

Performance at district levels came into sharp focus after the release of 2014 matric results when Basic Minister Angie Motshekga […]

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15 March 2015
Cliff Central discusses schools improvement initiatives (Cliffcentral podcast )

The Leadership Platform podcast on Cliff Central with Adriaan Groenewalt, and Chief Editor of City Press Newspaper, Ferial Haffajee, discusses […]

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10 February 2015
Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, visits Mt Frere

Minister Motshekga visited Mt Frere on 11 February to assess progress in the district concerning education since the minister’s last […]

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10 January 2015
Matric in the danger zone (Sunday Tribune)

Despite KZN coming eighth out of nine provinces in the 2014 matric exams, Mary Metcalfe believes our teachers can turn […]

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6 January 2015
Raising the basic education bar for pupils and teachers (Business Day)

The National Education Collaboration Trust was the best decision ever taken by both the private sector and government, playing a […]

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19 November 2014
NECT Chairman, Sizwe Nxasana, discusses the role of business in the NDP (Bussiness Day)

Sizwe Nxasana, Chairman of the National Education Collaboration Trust, CEO of FirstRand and a board member of Business Leadership South […]

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19 November 2014
The National Education Collaboration Trust is assisting schools with renovations and more. (Business Day)

This outcome (better education and skills) faces significant challenges. The dropout rate in formal education is very high; only half […]

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13 November 2014
SA needs more dynamism to boost growth (Star Business Report )

At the last G20 summit, the focus was on how member countries can implement additional measures to raise global economic […]

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26 October 2014
Discipline and prayer will help in restoring teachers’ dignity (Sowetan)

Teachers were embroiled in the liberation struggle.

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26 October 2014
Government to set up fund for informal business support

President Zuma plans to set up a fund to support the informal business sector in order to address skewed spatial […]

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7 October 2014
The key to restoring glory of teaching (Pretoria News )

Active promotion, reflection on our past and collaboration are the keys to addressing the negative view of teachers and teaching […]

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30 September 2014
All hands on deck (The Teacher )

The National Education Collaboration Trust is upbeat about taking education to the next level to fulfil the objectives of the […]

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21 September 2014
SA teachers join global drive for quality education (Cape Times & Pretoria News)

South African teachers joined thousands of educators in a global campaign for equal and quality public education on 20 September […]

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17 September 2014
Trust to provide valuable input towards education (Polokwane Observer)

Joseph Raulinga, High Court Judge and Chairperson of the District Steering Committee of the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) for […]

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27 August 2014
First Limpopo Education DialoguSA (Polokwane Observer )

The first Education DialogueSA outside Gauteng was held in Limpopo on Monday, 25th August 2014, when Deputy Minister of Basic […]

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21 August 2014
SA education ready to jump: Motshekga (The New Age/Online)

Struggling schools across South Africa will benefit from the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) initiative, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga […]

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20 August 2014
Investing in education (The New Age/Online)

The South African business sector has shown an increasing interest in supporting an integrated education intervention that comprises a cost […]

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