Media group launches publication for education

Johannesburg - K and K Media trademark Inside Education has launched a print publication to be distributed to all schools, universities and TVET colleges across the country.

The quarterly print publication, edited by veteran journalist Phindile Xaba, will feature regular columns such as science and technology, classroom management, financial literacy, school sports, and revisions to assist learners to prepare for their exams.

K and K Media chairman Matuma Letsoalo, former Mail & Guardian politics editor, said the publication is a resource tool for educators and learners, aimed at improving the quality of education in South Africa.

“The new print publication will serve as a resource tool for educators and learners, and go a long way in improving the quality of education in South Africa. Our content is aimed at empowering teachers, learners and students. It is also a tool for encouraging good leadership, ethics and good governance within the education sector,” Letsoalo said.

He added that Inside Education will distribute 120 000 free copies to all schools, universities and TVET colleges across the country.

“The print publication was a long time coming because when I first initiated the online platform devoted to education and related matters throughout the continent a few years ago, I didn’t realise there was such an appetite. Its unique position to close the vacuum covering the entire education process from Early Childhood Development (ECD) to Lifelong Learning saw it become one of the continent’s leading resources for educators and students, a necessary tool to encourage good leadership, ethics and astute governance within the sector. Today our digital platform reaches over 3,1 million audiences. It is for this reason that we are expanding to print so we can reach schools in rural, peri-urban and other peripheral areas across the nine provinces,” Letsoalo said.

Editor-in-chief Xaba has a history of editing multiple education publications, including The Teacher, formerly owned by the Mail & Guardian newspaper.

“I look forward to being part of the solution. Together with the assembled team of highly professional media people, we aim to make this a support resource for teachers, learners, ECD facilitators, tertiary institutions and all artisan training facilities,” she said.

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