Microsoft solutions boost student privacy

Microsoft has opened its annual Microsoft in Education Global Forum by emphasising the importance of student privacy and reaffirming its commitment to helping ensure that student data is never mined for advertising and marketing purposes. The opening keynote speech,...

Obami offers online tutoring services

Obami, South Africa’s biggest social learning platform, now offers online tutoring services for primary and secondary school learners. Launched in beta this week, Obami Tutor connects learners – who are looking to improve their understanding and performance within a...

Microsoft launches Student Advantage

In these challenging economic times when bursaries and allowances are being stretched to the max, Microsoft South Africa is looking to provide some relief through its new Student Advantage offering. This initiative sees the full Office 365 cloud-based productivity...

St Dominic’s installs Epson projectors

St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls, an independent school in Boksburg, Gauteng, has installed 65 Epson EB-485Wi interactive short throw projectors, accompanied as many sets of Epson ELP-SP02 Active Speakers in its classrooms, as part of a R5-million-plus network...

CIMA transforms exams with Pearson VUE

Pearson VUE has entered into a 10-year partnership with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to transform their portfolio of professional-level exams from pen and paper to computer-based testing (CBT) with a January 2015 launch. The new agreement...

Nashua scores top marks in education sector

Nashua celebrated a number of big wins in the education sector last year in both highschool and tertiary institutions across the country. These institutions included the University of Cape Town (UCT), North West University (NWU), Tshwane University of Technology, The...