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CAPE TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION |
www.cpta.org.za
The Cape Teachers’ Professional Association was established in 1967 and the official launch took place in Athlone, South Africa from 29 - 30 June 1967. Mr DR Ulster was the first duly elected president of the CTPA. The CTPA is the oldest progressive teachers’ union in South Africa. The CTPA was also instrumental in assisting the process of transformation in a Demo- cratic South Africa.
CENTRE FOR EDUCATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT (CEPD) |
www.cepd.org.za CEPD is a professionally autonomous Centre established in 1993 on the initiative of the mass democratic movement in order to start developing education policy for a democratic South Africa.
COMMUNITY LEARNING NETWORK |
www.cln.org A site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the class- room. Here you’ll find over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search. Find technology resources under Teachers & Tech. You’ll also find links to online teacher development (Pro-D) and online K-12 courses
COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS MSC |
www.brunl.ac.uk/MscMathematics
Thorough Theoretical Analysis with Cutting Edge Computer Resources
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE |
www.education.gov.za
The Department of Education provides quality education for sustainable development by providing socially relevant and economically responsive programmes that address the human resource needs of the country; en- hancing the skills base for transformation and manufacturing diversification in order to meet the needs of the economy; providing quality programmes to build the capacity of all employees; and encourage a participatory deci- sion-making process which will empower the whole community at all levels.
ED.ORG.ZA |
www.ed.org.za
Ed.org.za is an online platform where action leaders in the education arena can connect, collaborate and monitor the progress of the top 100 educa- tion projects in South Africa.
EDUCATION AFRICA |
www.educationafrica.com Education Africa, an association not for gain, was established in 1992 with the objective of addressing two of the most critical educational issues facing South Africa’s marginalised communities: accessibility to quality education and relevance of education.
EDUCATION DIRECTORY |
www.sabest.co.za/directory_education.html Covers the following headings: General, Universities, Technikons, Colleges, Other, Student Information, Encyclopaedias etc, e-Education, Team Build- ing/Motivation, Short Courses.
EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL |
www.ei-ie.org Education International represents nearly 30 million teachers and education
workers. Our 401 member organisations operate in 172 countries and ter- ritories, from pre-school to university. As the world’s largest Global Union Federation, and the only one representing education workers in every cor- ner of the globe. Education International is the voice for the education sector world-wide.
FEDERATION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS (FEDSAS) |
www.fedsas.org.za FEDSAS is the national representative organisation for governing bodies, which informs, organises, mobilises and develops them to achieve and up- hold the highest recognized international educational standards. The vi- sion of FEDSAS is the maintenance and promotion of education quality in schools in South Africa. Subject to the reservation of the autonomy of its members, the mission of the Federation is to co-operate, negotiate and engage with the relevant authorities at all levels of education provision and decision-making, as well as with other partners and stakeholders in education.
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION SOUTH AFRICA |
www.campaignforeducation.org/en/south-africa The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is a civil society movement that aims to end the global education crisis. Together we hold governments to account for their promises repeatedly made to provide Education for All. The GCE’s mission is to make sure that governments act now to deliver the right of every girl, boy, woman and man to a free quality public education.
HIP TO BE SQUARE |
www.hip2b2.com
We want to inspire you – to make you dream big and to realise that you can do amazing things, using the vehicles of Mathematics, Science, Tech- nology and Entrepreneurship. We want to spark your interest, and then provide you with the means to explore further. To show you how people from different countries and cultures have achieved the impossible through imagination, inspiration and determination. But it’s not only about us. It’s about you. So this site is very much your space – send us your stories, post comments, chat on the forum, share your thoughts.
INTUITION TUTORS |
www.intuitiontutors.co.za Professional Mathematics tutors in Cape Town.
IXL |
www.ixl.com/math
This is a wonderful website for mathematics practice with more than 1000 math topics from Grade R through to the 5th grade.
JOZI KIDS |
www.jozikids.co.za
Jozikids was created to help make all our lives easier, to showcase the myriad of family friendly, child-oriented services, products, event planning and activities in the biggest shopping centre imaginable, the internet, with its unlimited space and possibilities. It’s the solution for frustrated moms, dads, teachers, caregivers or visitors who never know where to look to find what they need. Use it to check out what’s new, what’s happening and what to do in the whole of Gauteng, from Johannesburg to Pretoria, the East Rand to the West Rand.
MATH KIDS ONLINE |
www.mathkidsonline.com Be Smarter and Faster with Mathematics.
MULTI SENSORY MATHEMATICS |
www.numicon.com Multi Sensory Mathematics is a mathematics programme from the UK to transform mathematics teaching.
NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (NAPTOSA) |
www.naptosa.org.za NAPTOSA was registered by the Registrar of Labour Relations as a Trade Union on 1 November 2006. Furthermore, with in excess of 43,000 State employed members and a further 6,000 School Governing Body, College Council and Independent School members, making a total of almost 50,000 members, we are by far the second largest union in the education sector. We enjoy all the rights of a trade union in this sector and operate in the ELRC under the name of the combined trade unions (CTU), called CTU “SAOU”. Please note that this name does not afford the SAOU or any of the other unions in the Alliance (which includes NAPTOSA, NATU, SAOU and PEU) any proprietary or pre-eminent rights or position. This was a name chosen last year to comply with the constitution of the ELRC since at that time it was not possible to use the name of the federation NAPTOSA.
NATIONAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID SCHEME OF SOUTH AFRICA (NSFAS) |
www.nsfas.org.za
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme of South Africa (NSFAS) seeks to impact on South Africa`s historically skewed student, diplomat and grad- uate populations by providing a sustainable financial aid system that enables academically deserving and financially needy students to meet their own and South Africa`s development needs.
NNA PUBLISHERS |
www.nna.co.za
Buy “Maths is fun” Online. It is available for Grades 3-7 with free Delivery in South Africa.
PENGUIN TUTORING CO (SA) |
www.penguintutoring.co.za
Penguin Tutoring provides one-on-one extra lessons at home. All school subjects available.
RESOURCES ON SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION |
www.africa.msu.edu/SAHE/
This website is designed to support higher education in South Africa and people working to transform it. There are links here to most South African universities, Technikons, and higher education consortia, as well as numer- ous research and policy documents.
SASTUDY.CO.ZA |
www.sastudy.co.za
SAstudy.co.za is South Africa’s most comprehensive database of all under- graduate qualifications. In addition to a dynamic Courses Search Tool, it also offers prospective students an overview of institutions and provides them with vital information on how to make the right choices to get the most out of their student years.
SA HISTORY ONLINE |
www.sahistory.org.za Rewriting history, critically examining our past and strengthening the teach- ing of history
SOUTH AFRICAN AGENCY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT (SAASTA) |
www.saasta.ca SAASTA is an agency of the National Research Foundation (NRF). The mandate is to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering and technology in South Africa.
SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATORS (SACE) |
www.sace.org.za
The South African Council for Educators aims to enhance the status of the teaching profession, and to promote the development of educators and their professional conduct.
SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC TEACHERS UNION (SADTU) |
www.sadtu.org.za
SADTU was founded in 1990 following successful teacher unity talks to establish a national unitary non-racial and non-sexist union of educators. Today the union’s membership stands at 230,000 representing nearly two- thirds of South Africa’s educators. SADTU is the largest union in the public service and the second largest union in the country.
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION (SAIDE) |
www.saide.org.za/frontend
The South African Institute for Distance Education was formed as an educa- tional trust in July 1992. Its explicit brief is to assist in the reconstruction of education and training in South Africa. It promotes open learning principles, the use of quality distance education methods and the appropriate use of technology. SAIDE works closely with policy makers and providers of edu- cational programmes to translate these approaches into practice.
SOUTH AFRICAN REFLECT NETWORK |
www.sareflect.org
South Africa Reflect Network (SARN) is represented by participants, practi- tioners, organisations, and adult education and development activists across South Africa who is either using REFLECT or advocate for it as an accepted and preferred means to contribute to the realisation of rights of the poor.
SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS ASSOCIATION (SAQA) |
www.saqa.org.za
The South African Qualifications Authority is a body of 29 members ap- pointed by the Ministers of Education and Labour. The functions of the Authority are essentially twofold: 1) To oversee the development of the NQF, by formulating and publishing policies and criteria for the registration of bodies responsible for establishing education and training standards or qualifications; 2) To oversee the implementation of the NQF by ensuring the registration, accreditation and assignment of functions to the bodies, as well as the registration of national standards and qualifications on the framework. It must also take steps to ensure that provisions for accredita- tion are complied with and where appropriate, that registered standards and qualifications are internationally comparable.
UMALUSI |
www.umalasi.org.za
Umalusi is a statutory organization which sets and monitors standards for general and fur ther education and training in South Africa with the purpose of continually enhancing the quality of education and training. They have five key functions: 1) Evaluating qualifications and curricula to ensure that they are of the expected standard, 2) Moderating assessment to ensure that it is fair, valid and reliable, 3) Conducting research to ensure edu- cational quality, 4) Accrediting educational and assessment providers, 5) Certifying learner attainments.
XTRALESSONS |
www.xtralessons.co.za
Xtralessons provide one-on-One tuition in your home for all school grades and subjects.
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