Article: Education flunks test

[Creag]

Another news story which doesn't inspire.

Education flunks test

And if things do not change, the country is in for a "very bleak" future, said the CEO of the Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools, Paul Colditz.

The federation has 1451 governing bodies as members .

Colditz said he believed that close to 90% of schools were dysfunctional.

"You will find such schools in all provinces, though there certainly are fewer in the better-functioning provincial systems such as those of Gauteng and Western Cape," he said.

Colditz said all members of his federation agreed that the rot was worst at education departments' district offices, which act as intermediaries between schools and provincial education departments .

NGO Section 27 will be battling the National Department of Basic Education in court for the second time next month to secure the completion of the delivery of school textbooks in Limpopo and an adequate catch-up plan for Grade 10 and foundation phase pupils.

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I take a keen interest in education, especially as I have two youngsters in the education system. Education is one of the key requirements for a bright future of our beloved country. If we cannot educate our children, we have a bleak future.

I have taken a keen interest in my children's education, their home work, their test, etc. I do everything I can to make a difference, to inspire them and to give the learning aids outside of their curriculum.

I can only hope that government will do something about our education system before an entire generation is lost.

 

[Sinbad]

Another news story which doesn't inspire.

Education flunks test



I take a keen interest in education, especially as I have two youngsters in the education system. Education is one of the key requirements for a bright future of our beloved country. If we cannot educate our children, we have a bleak future.

I have taken a keen interest in my children's education, their home work, their test, etc. I do everything I can to make a difference, to inspire them and to give the learning aids outside of their curriculum.

I can only hope that government will do something about our education system before an entire generation is lost.

They are lost already.