Newly-introduced online-only school Switch eDu Online opens applications for its 2022 cohort, promising pupils a “fresh approach” to learning.
Having run a successful classroom-based high school for a number of years, Ivy Academy curates an online home school offering for grades 10 to 12.
The country's first data science-focused institution results reveal matriculants outperformed those with a tertiary qualification.
There is a slight increase in the number of passes from last year in the subjects critical to the advancement of SA's ICT sector.
Less than half of the 2015 matrics who wrote the maths exam have achieved a pass rate.
Despite the decline in the overall pass rate for 2015, maths and physical science results were up 7.4% and 9.5% respectively over 2014 results, says the Department of Basic Education.
Encouraging more students to register for maths and science should be just as important as ensuring quality pass marks.
The number of pupils writing mathematics and physical science at matric level has dropped over the past three years, a report finds.