LETTER – We were sold out in 1994. For 25 years we’ve been ruled by an ANC that could and did shun all other parties as long as it kept its majority and worked within the confines of our Constitution. The ANC has an abusive relationship with the masses who keep it in political power,..
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LETTER: We were sold out in 1994 – ANC ruined our education system
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African mentality in SA exceeds all expectations – Is there still environment where education can take place peacefully – Violence is destroying education system, burning down schools in black neighbourhoods is increasing
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Violence in and at schools is destroying the education system of the country. The burning down of schools in black neighbourhoods is one of the increasing trends. As residents become angry about service delivery, schools and libraries are being burnt down. One of the major problem that currently exists is cases of assault and murder..
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Trade union group Solidarity unveil R4.5bn plans for “alternative Afrikaans education system”
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Solidarity is ready to plough their resources into creating an Afrikaans-centric education system that will rival the one set out by the government. Trade union group Solidarity (Solidariteit) have been talking big this week, after unveiling their plans for NetWerk. The project plans to inject billions into an education system that works for South Africans…..
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South Africa’s education system has another problem: As many as one in 10 teachers at public schools are AWOL on any given day
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The Department of Basic Education has published its latest School Monitoring Survey, showing where the country’s schools are improving and also where things are getting worse. The survey was commissioned by the department in 2017, and sought to measure the progress of public schools through to 2019. Across the major indicators, the department measured areas..
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Month-end 33% of teachers in black South African schools are AWOL – Inadequate funding is not the main cause of South Africa’s poor-quality education, the teachers are the problem!
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IMF report slams SA’s education folly – Costly, politically expedient interventions will not fix SA’s dysfunctional education system; we must tackle the root causes of the problem. Without addressing the weak foundations at the primary and secondary school levels, the government’s flagship policy of free tertiary education is likely to deliver disappointing results. At worst,..
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SA’s youth jobless rate world’s worst: Not all students equipped with basics in primary school, says analyst – what would one expect else with the poor foundation-phase education system of the ANC-regime
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An education expert believes a fundamental problem with South Africa’s education system is that not all students are equipped with the basics in primary school. This comes after the Spectator Index ranked South Africa’s youth unemployment rate as the highest in the world. Of the countries it ranked, the Spectator Index said the five countries..
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South Africa’s public education system a disgrace – The real matric pass rate in South Africa’s is actually 40%
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Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has announced the matric pass rate for the class of 2018 – 78.2%. The “real” matric pass rate is much lower, however, when you take the total cohort of students who started school and would eventually become the matric class of 2018. Looking at the number of learners enrolled..
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Basic Education Department – No repeat year for pupils under 10
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Pupils under the age of 10 years could soon “cruise through” their foundation phase without repeating a grade, if the new “learner progression” plan being mooted by the Department of Basic Education goes ahead.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga recently said in Parliament that expert opinion suggested it was not beneficial for pupils in the lower grades, between the ages of 6 and 10, to repeat a grade.
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Banana Republic – Standards of basic education to be lowered, ‘yet again’
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Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, announced a new plan to lower the pass mark in public schools even more. This, despite that fact that our current education system ranks amongst the lowest 5 in the WORLD!
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