Education in SA today ‘is no better than the Bantu system’: Maimane

[BusinessTech]

Education in SA today ‘is no better than the Bantu system’: Maimane

Mmusi Maimane says that 22 years into South Africa's new democratic project, the government has let the country's children down.

 

[supersunbird]

Government has built 795 schools since 2009, at a cost of R23 billion. We have built 78 new libraries in addition to 304 that have been upgraded. To improve access to education, at least 80% of our public schools are now no-fee schools and nine million children are exempted from paying school fees,” he said.

So about R28 million per school. So the money wasted on Nkandla could have build another 8...

 

[Nod]

So about R28 million per school. So the money wasted on Nkandla could have build another 8...

The problem is not with how much money they spend on schooling, it is what they have to show for that investment.

 

[MrR]

How many schools did they have to rebuild due to terrorism/vandalism, aka protesting, and at what cost to the economy?

This isn't strictly and isolated to an ANC Government issue though, as any other party-led state would have experienced exactly the same. Is this related to below?

The problem is not with how much money they spend on schooling, it is what they have to show for that investment.

Whilst they addressed the capacity concerns to address the issues from the past (AND growing population), the quality and standards of schooling (i.e. curriculum) has gone completely backwards.

 

[Jola]

#ProudlyBroughtBySADTU and #ProudlyBroughtByANC

 

[ellyally]

'no better', I'd wager 'worse'. Just a few weeks ago there was that report somewhere here showing current generation is less educated than previous, just like a lot of things under JZANC, going backwards