School violence is a growing concern globally and schools in South Africa find it difficult to manage the problem of learner behaviour. Despite various educational policies and frameworks developed to preventing school violence, the system continues to fail teachers. Due to violence, schools are no longer safe places for teachers and learners. According to Montogomery
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The current buzz phrase in education in the 21st -century is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also referred to as the 4IR. Khathu (2020) said that according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an international non-governmental and lobbying organization, 65% of children commencing school today will work in an entirely new job that does not yet
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Teachers across grades in South African schools are faced with learners who cannot read. Therefore, it is your duty as a teacher to establish a classroom culture that encourages reading. Reading is important for many different activities and in many areas of our lives. If you can read fluently, and with understanding, you can have
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SANTS’ mode of delivery is a distance education model that provides online learning and various forms of support. Students are invited to attend non-compulsory academic support sessions at venues as close to them. SANTS will commence with the Saturday Academic Support Sessions this semester. The focus of the programmes for the sessions will be on
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SANTS Private Higher Education Institute will be the new academic home of the South African Research Association for Early Childhood Education (SARAECE). A strategic planning session was recently hosted at SANTS, exploring the research (big R) aspect of the association. Key players in the education arena attended and contributed to this meeting. Prof Jonathan Jansen
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Mrs Kayla Willemse recently presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE). The title of her paper 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑖𝑛
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Nobody sets out planning to fail, but sometimes priorities or time or self-discipline results in failing to plan which can make all the difference between being successful in your studies or not. Remember as a teacher planning is going to be a key activity in your profession so learning to plan now can only be
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SANTS Private Higher Education Institution values education whether it is to obtain your diploma, degree, or postgraduate studies and recognizes that learning is a continuous process that demands effort and dedication. The Diploma in Grade R Teaching Unit has in the past two years been a testimonial of the continuous learning process. Not only have
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SANTS Private Higher Education Institution would like to congratulate Dr Venise Joubert, a lecturer in the Intermediate Phase Teaching division, on being awarded her Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) recently at the University of Pretoria. The title of her thesis is Lecturers’ Understanding of Postcolonial Policy Change in Curriculum. Dr Joubert believes that the key to success
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SANTS Private Higher Education Institution aspires to remain relevant and responsive to a fast-changing national and global educational landscape. For this reason, SANTS remains committed to enhancing quality teaching and learning of its accredited academic programmes. Enhancing the performance of the student cohorts SANTS foregrounds the support offered to students by its Field Staff which
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Today we celebrate the graduation of 258 newly qualified Grade R teachers in the Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape Department of Education is directly addressing the quality of Early Childhood Development by ensuring that in-service Grade R teachers are adequately qualified. Thus, effectively elevating the quality of teaching in Grade R classes, specifically in the
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Qualification Ceremony: Johannesburg, Gauteng. SANTS’ Academic Executive Director, Professor Ina Joubert constituted the congregation this morning. The address by a student was delivered by Ms Nombuso Sthandiwe Nxumalo. It reads as follow: Distinguished guests, parents, teachers, students, Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to stand in front of you here today to share and
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SANTS celebrated the graduation of 450 Newly Qualified Teachers during the month of November. These graduates completed the Diploma in Grade R Teaching, Bachelor of Education in Foundation and Intermediate Phase Teaching programmes. It must be noted that the majority of graduates, completed the Diploma in Grade R Teaching programme. The government has begun to
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SANTS recently celebrated the graduation of 256 Newly Qualified Teachers in Soweto, Gauteng. This included graduates of the Diploma in Grade R Teaching and Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Teaching programmes. SANTS was honoured to have had Dr Keshni Bipath as the keynote speaker. Dr Keshni Bipath is a senior lecturer in the Department
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Various Qualification Ceremonies took place across South Africa the past month. A total of 1 114 student teachers graduated from either a Diploma in Grade R Teaching, B Ed Foundation or Intermediate Phase programme in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu- Natal, Gauteng and Free State. The majority of these Newly Qualified Teachers were Departmental Bursary Holders
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A total of 890 teacher graduands was awarded a Diploma in Grade R Teaching qualification in KwaZulu- Natal, Eastern Cape, Free State and Gauteng during the month of November. By presenting this qualification, SANTS is effectively elevating the quality of teaching in Grade R classes, specifically in the vast rural parts of these provinces where
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SANTS Private Higher Education Institution celebrates the graduation of 776 student teachers, who completed a Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase Teaching or a Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Teaching degree. The KwaZulu- Natal Department of Education and SANTS Private Higher Education Institution headed an initiative in 2012 to provide unemployed youth, from rural
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The Gauteng Department of Social Development, in collaboration with SANTS, is directly addressing the gap which persists in the education levels of Early Childhood Development Practitioners in Gauteng. The reality is that thousands of Early Childhood Development practitioners at Early Childhood Development Centre’s across South Africa are untrained and/or underqualified to teach our young children. Children
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SANTS commissioned JET Education Services to evaluate our B Ed students’ performance, against the expected outcomes of the B Ed programmes and standards set out by the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ), during their work integrated learning (WIL)/practice teaching period in 2015. In other words, SANTS’ B Ed student teachers’ classroom performance was
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South Africa has become known for its shortage of qualified and competentprofessional primary school teachers. This is especially evident in the predominately rural areas of our SA. Of all the provinces, KwaZulu- Natal was the worst affected when it came to unqualified teachers. A qualified teacher is a person who is in possession of an
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