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Norman Ntai replied to the topic Should Union Shop Stewards be qualified? in the forum Industrial relations issues including retrenchment, discipline & dismissal 9 years, 10 months ago
Shop Steward as an Educator-Androgogue………………. Many of Shop Steward elected have in many instances undermined the importance of becoming one. Gone are the days wherein to be a Shop Steward you must be loudest shouting comrade, whose interest in anarchy and un-controllable militancy.
It is a scientific role which demands a lot of c…[Read more] -
Norman Ntai replied to the topic Should Union Shop Stewards be qualified? in the forum Industrial relations issues including retrenchment, discipline & dismissal 9 years, 10 months ago
Becoming a Shop Steward; a learning terrain for and on behalf of the toiling class…..and The below narrative endorses what comrade Squires has amplified…………from SAQA Many of Shop Steward elected have in many instances undermined the importance of becoming one. Gone are the days wherein to be a Shop Steward you must be loudest…[Read more]
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Norman Ntai replied to the topic Should Union Shop Stewards be qualified? in the forum Industrial relations issues including retrenchment, discipline & dismissal 9 years, 10 months ago
Dear Skills Universe lovely practitioners…..Pedagogues and Androgogues
Comrades Squires has raised a very revolutionary debate and supporting such a sustainable, lif-long learning thinking cap.And my contribution will based on a piece I prepared previously……………………
Multi-tasking; a superlative degree of quality for a Shop…[Read more]
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Norman Ntai replied to the topic Uncelebrated profession;Trade Union Educators……Celebrating World Teachers' Day in the forum Seeking Accreditation or Training material 9 years, 10 months ago
he Presidency, 5 October 2012 President Zuma Wishes All Teachers a Happy World Teachers’ Day
On this, the UNESCO World Teachers Day, President Jacob Zuma would like to thank all our South African teachers for their excellent contribution to educating and developing our children, thus opening brighter horizons for their future. …[Read more] -
Norman Ntai replied to the topic Uncelebrated profession;Trade Union Educators……Celebrating World Teachers' Day in the forum Seeking Accreditation or Training material 9 years, 10 months ago
UNESCO launches eAtlas of teachers
Irine Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, 05 October 2012
At the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, UNESCO has released its eAtlas of Teachers, which helps visualise the gaps in the supply and demand for teachers at national and global levels.
Already, it reveals that massive teacher shortages are quietly loo…[Read more] -
Norman Ntai replied to the topic Uncelebrated profession;Trade Union Educators……Celebrating World Teachers' Day in the forum Seeking Accreditation or Training material 9 years, 10 months ago
Teachers struggle to be top of the class
GENEVA (ILO News) Feature, 05 October 2012
Teachers face severe challenges in different parts of the world and are still under pressure to produce results. As the profession marks World Teachers Day, two teachers working thousands of miles apart tell their stories.
GENEVA (ILO News) Amina* has been t…[Read more] -
Norman Ntai replied to the topic Uncelebrated profession;Trade Union Educators……Celebrating World Teachers' Day in the forum Seeking Accreditation or Training material 9 years, 10 months ago
The Secretary-General of United Nations Message on World Teachers’ Day 5 October 2012
No education system is better than its teachers. Teachers are the custodians of learning; they impart knowledge, values and skills; at their best, they tap into the hopes and talents of young people and help them to grow into productive citizens.
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Norman Ntai replied to the topic Uncelebrated profession;Trade Union Educators……Celebrating World Teachers' Day in the forum Seeking Accreditation or Training material 9 years, 10 months ago
World Teachers’ Day 2012: Take a stand for teachers!
Irine Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, 04 October 2012
“Take a stand for teachers!” is the slogan of World Teachers’ Day 2012 (5 October) which UNESCO is celebrating along with its partners, the International Labour Organization, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International (EI).
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Norman Ntai replied to the topic Awaiting Education Transformation Resolutions…. in the forum Education, ECD, Post-school Education & Training 10 years, 1 month ago
Dear Sylvia…
Kindly receive my warm regards after an awesome weekend….finally the Limpopo textbook saga is dissipating,with some ‘books’ delivered!
And I have secured the soft-copy and the posting will be coming shortly….some snippets ”’All former teacher training college sites that are not used directly for education purposes, other…[Read more]
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Norman Ntai replied to the topic COSATU ANC Policy Conference Education Proposals. What's your view? in the forum Education, ECD, Post-school Education & Training 10 years, 1 month ago
Thanx for all the thoughts…im back from Midrand!
I’ll share with all the outcomes of the commission on Social Transformation as and when such is made available….
Someone comment of ‘whose revolution?’And my response it that it was a revolution against white supremacy,with a government for the people,by the people….unless we are ignorant of…[Read more] -
Norman Ntai replied to the topic COSATU ANC Policy Conference Education Proposals. What's your view? in the forum Education, ECD, Post-school Education & Training 10 years, 1 month ago
Hi all;
All the respondents made quite interesting points and the onus lies with us;name and shame non-implimentors on any policy agreed upon.my thanx to madam Sylvia,Kosheek,Thami,Derrick,Babsie,Thami,Stefanos and others,in no particular order.you made brilliant comments.
But how often had such comments become the ‘buzzing words’ for…[Read more] -
Norman Ntai replied to the topic Norman Mampane joins COSATU as Communications Officer in the forum Industrial relations issues including retrenchment, discipline & dismissal 10 years, 1 month ago
Its awesome to receive such warm-hearted appreciation madam Newman. Your commentry will be banked in my most precious memories for my auto-biography coming soon.My contributions will entail sending messages that matters for the toiling classes across all sectors of the economy and elsewhere.
The SACP recently called it, ‘The battle of ideas is an…[Read more] -
Norman Ntai wrote a new post, "Choosing the Right Moment to shaping the future" 10 years, 11 months ago
Dear Sir/Madam
The National Planning Commission [NPC] has just shortly launched what is called NPC JAM in which all South African are called to participate in shaping the “2030 Vision”,on the basis of the […] -
Norman Ntai wrote a new post, 'Papsak payments' in Western Cape farms displays empty brains [shells] of farmers 10 years, 11 months ago
It is quite shocking in the era of our democracy to have research reports selectively accepted.The Human Rights Watch Research Report was taken as ‘lacking substance’, on facts it revealed that actually [farm] […]
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Norman Ntai wrote a new post, "Kgaka ya hwa,mae a bola!",are we really a prejudiced society? 11 years ago
Kgaka ya hwa, Mae a bola!, are we really a prejudiced society?
Whilst we are virginally in the women’s month, it is lettered to interrogate some of the unwritten laws of nature and perhaps the implications of s […] -
Norman Ntai wrote a new post, POPCRU argues that South Africa has unfair and wrong disparities of income 11 years ago
POPCRU argues that South Africa has unfair and wrong disparities of income
The COSATU Living Wage Campaign has hit the nail on the wage deferential in the current conjuncture. Many workers are squeezed against […] -
Norman Ntai wrote a new post, Are Worker's Demands for a double digit figure realistic? 11 years ago
Are Worker’s demands for a double digit figure realistic?
It was interesting to have witnessed how employers are still arrogant in narrowing wage gaps in the current conjuncture through the Media platforms by st […] -
Norman Ntai posted an update 11 years, 3 months ago
@melindaspies Hi Melisa! Kindly receive my acknowledgemet of your request and continue to awesomely connect with Skills Universors for life!
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Norman Ntai posted an update 11 years, 3 months ago
@ansimama Welcome Ansi to the world of critical pedagogue and androgugue! May you find energy to become indeed a real life-long learner through SKILLS UNIVERSE! No looking back for life!
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Norman Ntai posted an update 12 years, 10 months ago
@merriamtleane Thanks for joining the best facebook for people on the move-Skills Universe and there is no dull moment for all who belong!
Once you are in,you are in forever!Enjoy our discussions and enrich your medula and horizon of education,training and development.
Regards
Mampane Norman
National Educator
POPCRU