Plans to extend the school day to increase achievement might not have the desired effect on all children, suggests the results of a study. The new article provides some evidence as to how differing ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

The country’s education system has forcibly removed me from the bars of silence to expose the fallacy of education the nation’s children are being subjected to. Too long we echo the statement ...

Saying the public education system “is not truly free,” Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine hopes to do away with the need for extra lessons that can cost parents hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

In my columns I have been continually stressing the need for sense-making and understanding. Children need to be exposed to situations from which they can make meaning and, in the process, recognise ...

TEACHERS unions have urged their members to stop conducting extra lessons, saying it further marginalised pupils whose guardians cannot afford the fees being charged. The representatives said it was ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Telkom Foundation has brought Lightbulb Edtech to Grade 12 mathematics learners in Ga-Maake Village in Limpopo, to provide pupils with extra mathematics lessons. According to a statement, the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education and Youth is to launch the Extra Lessons/Homework component of the National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP) this Easter Term. The Ministry ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught some great lessons and we’ve also all taught some pretty bad ...