Hairdressing and office admin part of new subjects to be offered in schools

[daveza]

Hairdressing and office admin part of new subjects to be offered in schools

The department said it plans to introduce new subjects for Grades 10 and 12 by 2025 to improve their chances at employment after matric.

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[daveza]

Next up, nail design, fruit vending and parking attendant studies.

 

[airborne]

Wtf, hairdressing ain’t easy when it comes to ladies hair especially and it’s pretty lucrative, what’s the problem?

 

[ForceFate]

Hairdressing should be offered at a vocational school in my opinion. Office admin is already a course at TVET colleges.

 

[daveza]

If you want to learn a trade, go to trade school.

 

[airborne]

If you want to learn a trade, go to trade school.

Relax, they offer or used to offer home economics, woodwork, art and electronics at some of SA’s better schools. Trade schools severely limit your options when it comes to traditional subjects, why not offer some more hands on subjects to kids at traditional schools.

 

[daveza]

Relax, they offer or used to offer home economics, woodwork, art and electronics at some of SA’s better schools. Trade schools severely limit your options when it comes to traditional subjects, why not offer some more hands on subjects to kids at traditional schools.

You don't think our Matric cert is already valueless, now to increase the pass rate, let's throw in a subject that 99.9% of employers care less about ?

Yes, we had woodwork and music and HE, but those were in addition to the subjects that needed passing for a matric cert.

 

[daveza]

Wtf, hairdressing ain’t easy when it comes to ladies hair especially and it’s pretty lucrative, what’s the problem?

Plumbing isn't easy either and it's very lucrative.

Shall we make that a matric subject as well ?

 

[backstreetboy]

Lol 45 minutes of a teacher telling the students about a Philips hair cutter. Just get a Philips hair cutter and Philips oneblade and Bob's your uncle.

 

[Bewlen]

F*k tog

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

I am sure more people could use hairdressing to generate income after school, than people used woodwork in the old days.

 

[ForceFate]

I am sure more people could use hairdressing to generate income after school, than people used woodwork in the old days.

Lots of people already do it and generate decent income. I wouldn't be surprised if the more established ones in the informal sector make upwards of 20k pm in profits.

Regarding woodwork and metalwork, I don't think it's a bad idea to introduced them.

 

[airborne]

Plumbing isn't easy either and it's very lucrative.

Shall we make that a matric subject as well ?

Definitely, it’s a whole lot more relevant and useful than many other subjects.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

When I was in matric in the '70s, there were three streams:

Higher Grade - For the academically inclined and those intending to go to university with 60% in all subjects considered a university exemption pass (No university entrance exam needed).

Standard Grade - For the less academically inclined and those intending to go to college or straight to a work environment.

Practical Grade - For those not academically inclined. Subjects such as hairdressing, cookery and other practical subjects to earn a living from were offered.

 

[Polymathic]

When I was in school my school offered Catering or something. This is pretty similar IMO

 

[daveza]

I'm not sure if this is a wind-up.

These two new subjects are in addition to these which already exist ?

These are the subjects that are to be added to the curriculum:

1. Art and design.
2. Agricultural studies
3. Ancilliary healthcare
4. Aquaponics
5. Aviation studies
6. Civil technology
7. Consumer studies
8. Electrical technology
9. Hospitality studies
10. Maritime sciences
11. Maintenance and upholstery
12. Mechanical technology
13. Mining sciences
14. Technical mathematics
15. Personal care
16. Technical sciences
17. Wholesale and retail
18. Early childhood development
19. Digital technology

Aviation studies, in an academic school system ranked 75th out of 76 surveyed ?

Am I on candid camera ?

 

[ForceFate]

I'm not sure if this is a wind-up.

These two new subjects are in addition to these which already exist ?

These are the subjects that are to be added to the curriculum:



Aviation studies, in an academic school system ranked 75th out of 76 surveyed ?

Am I on candid camera ?

No teachers to teach those subjects.

 

[Grant]

Wtf, hairdressing ain’t easy when it comes to ladies hair especially and it’s pretty lucrative, what’s the problem?

Tresseme

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

I dunno, spose you can learn quite a bit from hair dressing -

F'rinstance -
1. The art of waxing
2. Geography - Brazil, capital Brasilia as in Brazilian?
3. Anatomy - nuff said.
4. Synonyms - for example, "This makes my cat itchy" .........

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Nothing wrong with offering it. It'll count for schit towards a university entrance, but for those who don't have the aptitude for university and have no intention of going to one, it's better than nothing.

At least it'll get them spending less time on Tik Tok so they don't eventually end up on tik...