Parents want compulsory maths, science scrapped at MP school

[mojoman]

Parents prevented classes from starting, demanding the school stops forcing learners to do maths and science.​

Parents of learners at Thomas Nhlabathi Secondary School in eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga prevented classes from starting this morning in protest of compulsory maths and science subjects.

They demand that the school stops forcing learners to do maths and science subjects because they say it results in their children dropping out of school.

Learners were told to return to their homes.

Parents say classes will resume after the Mpumalanga Department of Education MEC, Bonakele Majuba has attended to their grievances.

Parents want compulsory maths, science scrapped at MP school - LNN - Krugersdorp News

Parents prevented classes from starting, demanding the school stops forcing learners to do maths and science.

krugersdorpnews.co.za

 

[Lupus]

I mean this can only end well...

 

[OhYeah84]

What do they propose they do instead? Or should they simply only do 4 of the subjects to pass?

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Africans gonna africa has seldomly been explained this well

 

[mojoman]

Pass One...Pass All...

 

[LCBXX]

No issue, provided it is supplanted by 2 other compulsory subjects, such as artisanship, which includes elements of both maths & science anyway.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

What do they propose they do instead? Or should they simply only do 4 of the subjects to pass?

Learn some magick? We have some local branches like forefather worship et el.

 

[mojoman]

No issue, provided it is supplanted by 3 other compulsory subjects, such as artisanship.

I suppose with an ever increasing amount of unemployed...There wont be much point going to school in a few more years anyway....

Dj
Car Wash
Chickens
Hairdresser

Your career paths in 2025....

(Then again Zuma has no math skills either and he did alright for himself....)

 

[TelkomUseless]

Ancestry Classes...

Or become witches.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241625781_Lightning_and_witchcraft_in_southern_Africa

Within this variegated society, there are many
who believe that witches can control lightning.
Harnischfeger states that: “Almost every Zulu,
Xhosa or Venda person in South Africa knows that
witches have the power to send lightning

Big job opportunity there as hitman or farmer...

 

[LCBXX]

I suppose with an ever increasing amount of unemployed...There wont be much point going to school in a few more years anyway....

Dj
Car Wash
Chickens
Hairdresser

Your career paths in 2025....

Exactly, hence the artisanship suggestion. Not everyone can make money "working from home" on spreadsheets; society needs people who can make things with their hands.

 

[R13...]

What do they propose they do instead? Or should they simply only do 4 of the subjects to pass?

They can pick from one of the other many non math subjects. To be fair, the parents must just send their kids to schools who don't have those subjects as compulsory.

 

[My_King]

Aabantu education is lekker

 

[mojoman]

Exactly, hence the artisanship suggestion. Not everyone can make money "working from home" on spreadsheets; society needs people who can make things with their hands.

Lol..the way its going with Eskom we best go old school on the artisan work...
Hammer, chisels and saws....

 

[Lupus]

Wait they do realize if their kids make it to grade 10 they don't have to do math or science?

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

Shows you the intelligence of these adults.

 

[LCBXX]

Lol..the way its going with Eskom we best go old school on the artisan work...
Hammer, chisels and saws....

Yes, exactly! The Cloud cannot exist without hands that build the infrastructure that enables it.

The alternative is more freeloading and grants, which will be funded by taxpayers.

 

[OCP]

I guess none of the parents can put 1 +1 together to figure out that math and science are pretty critical life skills and a requirement for most further education.

 

[ToxicBunny]

No issue, provided it is supplanted by 2 other compulsory subjects, such as artisanship, which includes elements of both maths & science anyway.

That is actually the way it should be...

You either do Maths/Science or you do some form of Trade subject.. non negotiable.

 

[Kosmik]

Parents have time to protest but not time to help their kids academically.

What age are we talking about here? But as many have said, send your child to a trade or atisanal school that does n courses. Fitting and turning, electrical, welding etc. Durban still has George Cambell, dunno about others.

George Campbell - School of Technology

George Campbell School of Technology offers a specialised academic education in which learners follow a technologically-based course.

georgecampbell.co.za

 

[zophas]

Let the people stay stoopid. Much better for government. They just need to know which colors to put the "X" next to.