Education
Senate Committee against moving Scholarship Fund to banks
MBABANE - A recommendation that government scholarship function should remain under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security has been made by the...
Aluminium poisoning: How safe are school feeding schemes
MBABANE – Is your child’s food helping them grow or killing them slowly?Thousands of children in Eswatini’s primary schools may be consuming toxic...
Scattered settlements threaten Eswatini’s SDG 4 goals
MBABANE-Across parts of the developing world, the challenge of delivering quality education is often framed in terms of funding, infrastructure, or teacher shortages....
Ministry moves to standardise fees, end corporal punishment
MANZINI – The education system is under scrutiny as the ministry cracks down on fees, corporal punishment and financial misconduct.A high-level meeting between...
Education sector policy blamed for rise in teenage pregnancy
MBABANE – While the Swaziland Education and Training Sector Policy (EDSEC) has long been praised as a progressive step within Eswatini’s education sector,...
Head teachers resolve to close schools if…
MANZINI – Head teachers say once government funds are exhausted, they will close schools and surrender the keys to the regional education officers...
School with everything but pupils
BETHLEHEM – In an era where most public schools in Eswatini are buckling under the pressure of overcrowded classrooms and overstretched resources, Bethlehem...
Electricity hike: Schools billed as businesses
MBABANE – Across Eswatini, the first school period begins around 7:30am.Inside one of the schools around the Hhohho Region, squints at a chalkboard...
Education Ministry takes action against 39 head teachers
MBABANE – In a decisive move that signals a shift from rhetoric to action, the Ministry of Education and Training has taken action...
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FNB unveils record E2.5m purse
(At Ezulwini Golf and Country Club)EZULWINI – FNB Eswatini and the Sunshine Tour have unveiled a record-breaking E2.5 million prize pool for the...
REPS destroys 88 firearms to mark International Gun Destruction Day
MANZINI – The Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) destroyed 88 firearms on Thursday during an operation at the Matsapha Police Academy to mark...
