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The Department of Basic Education has pleasure in releasing the series called Mind the Gap study guides for Grade 12 learners. The first subjects in the series include Life Sciences, Accounting, Economics and Geography. These study guides are another innovative and committed attempt by the Department of Basic Education to improve the academic performance of Grade 12 candidates in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination.   The Mind the Gap study guide series is produced in both English and Afrikaans to assist those learners that have been underperforming due to a lack of exposure to the content requirements of the curriculum. The series aims to mind-the-gap between failing and passing, by bridging-the-gap in learners' understanding of commonly tested concepts so candidates can pass.   Each of the Mind the Gap study guides provides explanations of key terminology, simple explanations and examples of the types of questions that learners can expect to be asked in an exam. Model answers are included to assist learners in building their understanding. Learners are also referred to specific questions in past national exam papers and exam memos that are available on the Department's website.

Education plays a key role in the development of any society. Responding to the need for empirical evidence on the demand for and supply of public educators in South Africa, the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) commissioned the Human Sciences Research Council-led consortium to conduct nation-wide research on the factors determining educator supply and demand in South African public education system. Growth demand for educators depends on learner enrolments and the learner-educator ratio, while replacement demand for educators depends on employment trends, demographics and attrition (including morbidity and morality). Educator supply depends on a number of factors, such as education graduates, morbidity and morality, and educators returning after a break from the profession

Growth demand for educators depends on learner enrolments and the learner-educator ratio, while replacement demand for educators depends on employment trends, demographics and attrition (including morbidity and morality). 'Educator Supply and Demand in the South African Public Education System: Integrated Report' depends on a number of factors, such as education graduates, morbidity and morality, and educators returning after a break from the profession. This report is an integration of the seven reports which emerged from the research, and pulls together the findings arising from it. What emerges is that the resignation, death and ageing of the present educator force are likely to have a significant effect on replacement demand for educators over the next four years.

Our official outside blog for advocacy for maths literacy for parents and learners. It also house our automated maths lit links from our South African mathsliteracy teachers network and bits and pieces for learners to nibble on.

Ubunye is dedicated to providing educational advancement, opportunities for leadership and life-skills development, and mentorship and guidance to motivated high school learners in Cape Town.

TeachOut harnesses the experience and expertise of UCT students to provide academic assistance to high school learners in Cape Town's disadvantaged communities. TeachOut is a remarkable opportunity for both the tutored and the tutors and plays an important role in educating the youth of this nation.

TeachITza - resource website for IT educators and learners in South Africa. The focus of this website is on general resources and programming as done using Borland Delphi. Any comments or suggestions on improving the site are more than welcome.

Numeric is interested in finding ways to increase access to and usability of Khan Academy in South Africa. If you've never heard of Khan Academy, it is an outstanding online learning tool primarily targeted at school level mathematics. You can read more here, or check out their website directly at www.khanacademy.org. But we're not only talking about accessibility and usability, we're putting our money where our mouth is and taking it into the field ourselves! Numeric is piloting Khan Academy in township and rural areas in the Eastern and Western Cape, translating the videos into Xhosa, and providing useful tools for teachers and learners to make this resource more user friendly.

The Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa (YESA) is an initiative aimed at increasing the pipeline Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation (STEMI). YESA interventions operate from Grades 0-12 and are designed to supplement the national curriculum in a stimulating and challenging environment to promote creativity and innovation. All interventions are aimed at addressing the gaps in the developmental stages of providing support to learners through a broad range of activities.

It's no secret that today's wired learners have better technology in their back pockets than they're offered at school. It's also clear that students are much more inclined to engage these devices than take in the sage-on-the-stage teaching models of yesteryear. So why aren't we making use of the technologies our students actually enjoy

skoool.co.za is a vast educational resource for learners and teachers to use inventively and creatively in the classroom or in the comfort of their own homes to add extra value to their learning and teaching of Maths, Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences.

For primary school learners

Dr Math is a maths tutoring service to school learners that uses MXit, the South African mobile instant messenger application. Laurie Butgereit of the CSIR Meraka Institute, Pretoria, presented an update to the project at ICeL titled IM Dr Math: Using Instant Messaging in a Mathematics Tutoring Project.

Lots of local and global mathematics resources for learners

The Peer Coaching Programme is designed to develop leaders in ICT to serve as peer coaches for colleagues. As coaches, these teachers will assist their peers in identifying ways to enhance outcomes-based teaching and to offer their learners engaging learning activities supported by ICT integration. In doing so, peer coaches will help their colleagues to develop the necessary skills and teaching and learning strategies needed to integrate ICT into teaching and learning.

The module Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms is intended as a guide to teaching mathematics for in-service teachers in primary schools. It is informed by the inclusive education policy (Education White Paper 6 Special Needs Education, 2001) and supports teachers in dealing with the diversity of learners in South African classrooms.

As part of assessment tasks the learners have to do projects. These tools lends themselve to great collaborative ideas which can also be incorporated into their portfolios.

Mindset Learn is aimed at high school learners and teachers in Grade 10, 11 and 12. Content is curriculum aligned with a specific focus on Mathematics, Physical Science and English.

When you consider the increasingly digital lives of young people -- called "generation text" - you realise how important it is to explore the effect of cellphone texting on learner literacy.

Pam's amazing sit4 where she keeps trqck of exactly what she does with her learners every day.