DBE says it’s addressing teacher knowledge
The Department of Basic Education has responded to reports about teachers’ poor content knowledge. The following statement was issued: “The report released this week suggesting that teachers are not sufficiently equipped to teach mathematics is not revealing anything...New IBM chip mimics the brain
Scientists from IBM have unveiled the first neurosynaptic computer chip to achieve an unprecedented scale of 1-million programmable neurons, 256-million programmable synapses and 46-billion synaptic operations per second per watt. At 5,4-billion transistors, this...Jobs top of SA’s agenda
The Presidency yesterday issued the Medium-Term Strategic Framework 2014-2019, committing to implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) to increase job opportunities in South Africa. The NDP sets a growth target of at least 5% a year, and emphasises measures to...Why passwords still fail to protect
The problem of passwords won’t go away. Weak or default passwords contributed to a third of the data compromises Trustwave investigated in 2013. IT administrators might try to elicit better password choices by enforcing password requirements, but users still find ways...Women in SA: good news and bad news
Research from CareerJunction has come up with some interesting statistics about women in the South African business market. Comparing more than 2,4-million job seeker records on CareerJunction, the company came up with some good news and some bad news. Among the good...