EBM N6 poster available for FREE download
Use this handy Entrepreneurship and Business Management N6 resource as a poster for your classroom or print it out as a handout to support your students. QR codes link to videos that bring aspects of the business plan modules to life. Your free poster is just a click...AVBOB Road to Literacy campaign gives hope to 1000 schools and NGOs through trolley libraries
Johannesburg, 29 May 2025 – The 1 000 beneficiaries of the 2025 AVBOB Road to Literacy campaign, in collaboration with Oxford University Press South Africa (OUPSA) are announced. The campaign is a nationwide trolley library initiative that continues to improve...
Creative Calm: Embracing Wellness in 2025
On April 25th, our HR team hosted a Wellness Day centered around “Creative Calm.” This theme highlights how one can indulge in the various, creative, ways of winding down. The atmosphere was filled with serenity and creativity, leaving everyone feeling...Oxford University Press provides solutions to SA education challenges
Recent research studies found South Africa’s education outcomes well below the average of participants, critical results that have far-reaching effects for South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030’s goals of eliminating poverty and reducing inequality. Oxford...Technical Programming Webinar
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Counselling for African Contexts walkthrough
Join Higher Education publisher Marisa Montemarano, on a walk-through of Oxford’s ground-breaking new Psychology title, Counselling for African contexts: Transformative approaches by Elias...An Author reads: How Hermit Crab found his home
About the Author Louise Tucker Louise is an IT Research Manager, but her heart lies in all things creative. In 2003, whilst on maternity leave, Louise was inspired by all the children’s books she was reading and acquiring for her young son. She began pursuing...An Author reads: Kgosatsana Sentaole le morotswine
About the Author Helen Kgobane Helen Kgobane is a reading coach. Her focus is to train teachers in effective methodologies for teaching learners how to read. She has also developed a Setswana phonics programme for foundation phase and written stories for Big Books...An Author reads: Ben se lekker vakansie
About the Author Troula Goosen Troula Goosen het op verskillende dorpe in die Wes-Kaap grootgeword, en het op Ceres gematrikuleer. Sy wou van kleintyd af stories skryf. Na matriek het sy Drama en Biblioteekkunde op Stellenbosch studeer, maar toe sy met ’n predikant...Kindness is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2024
Oxford University Press has selected ‘kindness’ as its Children’s Word of the Year for 2024. Chosen over contenders like ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘conflict,’ over 6,000 children (ages 6 to 14) in the UK took part in the research, emphasising the importance of...2025 Road to Literacy
Why children should be encouraged to read books written in their mother tongue English isiXhosa isiZulu Afrikaans Sotho Why the use of pictures in storybooks and readers is important English isiXhosa isiZulu Afrikaans Sotho Why oral storytelling and reading to...Nolungile Primary School celebrates triple Olympiad victory and Road to Literacy recognition
In a year marked by exceptional achievements, Khayelitsha’s Nolungile Primary School has once again proved that dedication and excellence are at the heart of their educational mission. Guided by the motto “Khanya ukhanyise” – “Shine and be the light” – the school has...Oxford’s Literacy Magazine: A, B, See! (Second edition)
In the 2024 edition of our literacy magazine, A, B, See!, we build on the themes of the first volume with the focus on how mother tongue learning is crucial in reading and foundational teaching, and how OUP products support teachers in doing this successfully in the...
Blisters for Bread 2024 Every step counts towards a hunger-free future!
The Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) hosted their 56th annual Blisters for Bread Charity Family Fun Walk on Sunday, 25 August 2024, at the Green Point Cricket Club in Cape Town. By purchasing 100 tickets, we enabled PSFA to provide 2 800 school children...Making learning more fun for SA kids
Narrative-based learning – the teaching of subjects with the help of stories – is a holistic educational approach that can help many learners in SA to understand complex subjects — like mathematics. By Yolyn Jacobs I was a teacher in SA schools for 15 years....Why working together can change South Africa’s educational landscape for the better
South Africa’s educational landscape is at a turning point, needing innovative and collaborative solutions to address its challenges. Partnerships among higher educational institutions, the government, and private educational providers can drive progress. Without...To get SA’s children reading – we need local stories that intrigue them
Oxford University Press South Africa (OUPSA) has launched more local languages in their novel reading scheme Aweh! Aimed at young learners, the books promise to develop literacy for grade 1- 3 learners by making learning to read accessible, more fun and engaging....Oxford University Press Southern Africa gives back on Mandela Day
On July 18th each year, people worldwide dedicate 67 minutes of their time towards serving and giving back to their communities on what has become widely known as Mandela Day. Observed on his birthday, these 67 minutes of service symbolises the 67 years that Madiba...Oxford’s Maths Magazine: SUM IT UP vol. 2
In the 2024 edition of our Oxford maths magazine, we build on the themes of the first volume with the focus on wellness in maths. There are several facets to wellness in maths, and the articles in the magazine explore a few of them: Neuroplasticity and breaking the...Trolley libraries make reading accessible and popular across SA
The AVBOB Road To Literacy campaign, in partnership with Oxford University Press Southern Africa (OUPSA), aims to transform the lives of primary school children across South Africa by making reading and numeracy books accessible, especially to underserved schools....
Are SA schools ready to teach coding and robotics? The experts say – yes!
The Department of Basic Education has officially announced the addition of Coding and Robotics to the school curricula in South Africa. Many have questioned whether under-resourced schools will be able to offer such a hi-tech subject effectively. Fortunately, with the...
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