More and more school students report that they have personally experienced bullying or victimisation from peers. Statistics suggest the increase […]

BY MARK POTTERTON Stories of ruler-wielding teachers and other agents of corporal punishment in South African schools are well-known. In some

BY THANDI BOSMAN Once Catholic schools were run by members of religious congregations. But as their general numbers decreased, so

The Church encourages Catholic parents to enrol their children in Catholic schools, but for many that is not always the

BY VINCENT BOSMAN What are the qualities of a great teacher? VINCENT BOSMAN, who trains educators, explains the difference between

Catholic schools may achieve great academic results, but they must live out a Catholic ethos, according to Bishop Kevin DowlingFor

Where did our priests go to school? CLAIRE MATHIESON went to find out which schools the country’s future priests attended. Among

BY MARK POTTERTON Vatican II outlined the purpose of Catholic education and the way it is best achieved—a process that

Children who were born in the year of South Africa’s first fully democratic election will write their matric this year,