The South African National Senior Certificate (NSC) and its curriculum are on par with international standards and are favourable when compared to other international qualifications.

The Cape Town-based African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), a postgraduate academic institution, is to be the model for three maths training centres on the continent.

Teachers across the country have welcomed the roll out of the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI), saying they were looking forward to sharing ideas, learning from each other and improving the quality of the education system.

After months of deliberations and planning by the Department of Basic Education, the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI) is set to be rolled out this week with a key focus on teacher training and development in ICT, computer literacy and pedagogy.

A new bursary scheme from the Michael Susan Dell Foundation is working to increase the number of university graduates in South Africa by giving up to 500 underprivileged students the opportunity to further their studies at a tertiary institution over the next five years. Currently only 1% of all youth in South Africa complete their studies at university level.