About the event

Honourable Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, will be sharing her vision on how to develop, maintain and support an education system for the 21st century, and joins a speaking faculty that includes representation from the Departments of Higher Education and Training, Science and Technology, and Communications.

Featured speakers - Education Week features over 60 of the industry's most recognised speakers presenting three conference tracks on Basic Education, Further and Higher Education and Education Technology as well as five pre-conference master classes and a workshop on digital publishing geared specifically towards educational publishers. Download the porgramme brochure

Master classes - Education Week 2010 will feature five separately bookable pre-conference master classes on:

• Coaching and mentoring for curriculum and subject advisors
• Mobile learning to empower educators
• Digital literacy and ICT skills for educators
• Innovative education and leadership practices in FHE
• Building action scorecards for education

Event news

Programme brochure - find out more about our three-track programme including SACATS and the new Education Technology Indaba. Download brochure

Education Week at the Book Fair
Education Week exhibited at the Cape Town Book Fair from 30 July to 2 August 2010. See photos

Free exhibition tickets - Should you have reveived a free expo ticket to visit our exhibition and participate in our visitor programme, please validate your ticket before 24 September 2010. Validate ticket

ePublishing Workshop - Embracing the digital era: Changes and opportunities in educational publishing. Limited seats available. For more information

Teacher Support Appreciation Awards Awards nominations are closed the winner of the trip to Education Week will be announced by 8 September. See list of award nominees

Three conference streams

Basic Education – addresses critical issues such as teacher training and support, teaching methodology, school functionality, assessment and quality control.

Further and Higher Education – perspectives from learning institutions and the business sector on quality assurance, distance education, education funding and aligning education and training programmes with the needs of the workplace.

Education Technology Indaba – looks at how technology can enhance teaching and learning, create collaborative learning opportunities and accelerate transformation to ensure that African learning institutions are on par with their global counterparts.

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Education Week in the news!

Press release - 26 August 2010

Teachers’ strike “devastating” on children - Education expert Graeme Bloch says “threats of violence may be hardest aspect to fix”. Read more.....

Education Week on Enews Channel

Watch Ingrid Graham from Khanya (Western Cape DoE Technology in Education Project and participating organisation at Education Week), on Enews Channel talking about Education Week and technology in education. See video...

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