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Educator leave in the South African public schooling system
All employees are entitled to take leave. The general leave measures are set out in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act(No. 75 of 1997) and the Labour Relations Act (No. 66 of 1995). For institution-based educators, these measures appear in the Personnel Administrative Measures (PAM) (Government Gazette Vol. 404 No. 19767). The leave measures
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Published in: 2012
Authors: Cas Prinsloo / Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Education in South Africa / Educators / Primary School Teachers / Teacher classroom practices
Educational outcomes: Pathways and performance in South African high schools
Published in: 2012
Keywords: Educational outcomes / Pathways and performance
The good, the bad and the potential: unpacking TIMSS 2011
Published in: 2011
Authors: Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Annual National Assessments / Monitoring Learning Achievements / Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Highlights from TIMSS 2011: South Africa
Published in: 2011
Keywords: Languages / Mathematics Achievement in South Africa / School resources / Student Attitudes / Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Cross‐national achievement studies: learning from South Africa’s participation in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Volume 35, 2005 - Issue 1: Educational change and evaluation in Eastern and Southern Africa
Item readability and science achievement in TIMSS 2003 in South Africa
Secondary analysis of TIMSS results
This study investigated the relationship between readability of 73 text-only multiple-choice questions from Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 and performance of two groups of South African learners: those with limited English-language proficiency (learners attending African schools) and those with better English-lan ...
Published in: 2007
Authors: Edith R. Dempster / Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Inequality in South African education / Languages / Readability
Mathematics and Science Achievement at South African Schools in TIMSS 2003
Mathematics and science are key areas of knowledge for the development of individuals and for the social and economic development of South Africa. In November 2002, about 9000 Grade 8 learners from South African public schools participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This monograph reports on South Africas ...
Published in: 2006
Keywords: Education and skills development / mathematics achievement / science achievement
Contexts of learning mathematics and Science: Lessons learned from TIMSS
Published in: 2006
Authors: Sarah Howie / Tjeerd Plomp
Keywords: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Third International Mathematics and Science Study Repeat (TIMSS-R) 1999 South Africa
TIMSS-Repeat was intended to measure the trends in achievment between 1994/1995 and 1998/1999. Four years is a relatively short time to measure such trends, but nonetheless policy makers and those involved in educational planning look for any such shifts as indications of improvement. With so much happening in South Africa during this period, it is ...
Published in: 2001
Authors: Sarah Howie
What do South African households spend on education?
Efforts to reverse historic inequalities in school spending have been a priority for the South African government since 1994. Educational policies have
focused on how to make schooling more affordable for the poorest South Africans, but households also differ in the personal time and money that they invest in education. We use the 2011 Trends in ...
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Keywords: Education / South African household spending