Norman Ntai

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.
 
Yet too…[Read more]

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).  
Taking a stand…[Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]