School books tender axed

[Hemps]

http://www.dispatch.co.za/school-books-tender-axed/


Education roleplayers greeted the news with astonishment and fear, saying the move would almost certainly result in late deliveries to schools next year.
According to the model, the department would transfer funds to individual schools by the end of August so school governing bodies (SGBs) may order directly from booksellers in order for stationery and textbooks to be delivered by the end of the year.


School Governing bodies, watch that money disappear, will there be something in place to make sure the money goes to where it is supposed to end up - textbooks.

Quote from reply:

Warren Groenewald
August 30, 2012
I’ll admit I don’t know the exact details of the type of books supplied, but I’m a little curious as to why these schools need new textbooks every year? If these textbooks arent re-usable again, why not and why haven’t they been made that way?

It just seems a massive waste that every year new textbooks need to be ordered and every year without fail there is some kind of bungle with non-delivery. Other than cancelling tenders, what other processes are followed to ensure tenderpreneurs are held accountable for non delivery?

 

[grok]

Don't forget, Motshekga hasn't failed, it's all Verwoerd's fault.

 

[ponder]

We never got new books every year. You got handed books from previous years and you had to look after them else you had to pay for them.

 

[Hemps]

We never got new books every year. You got handed books from previous years and you had to look after them else you had to pay for them.

I remember we took them home and re-covered them and it was done well.

 

[ponder]

I remember we took them home and recovered them and it was done well.

Exactly, you removed the previous years covers and put new ones on.

 

[JungleBoy]

Not every grade gets new text books but only those whose curriculum has changed. This year it was was grade 10 iirc.

 

[Hemi300c]

And we paid for them as well.

With this in place I see lots of gravy being dished out and coffers filled but if they make the headmaster accountable at least someone will be punished and not as in the current scenario where people get off scott free after ruining so many peoples lives! (yes sounds drastic "peoples lives" but for the rest of their lives they will be behind in various ways because of this).

 

[KhoisanX]

We never got new books every year. You got handed books from previous years and you had to look after them else you had to pay for them.

Exactly.

How hard can it be to just order some books though, you're clearly incompetent if you can't.

With things as they currently are you really have to wonder about the future of this country. Thousands of uneducated, unemployable people leaving/finishing school every year while relatively fewer people are paying taxes. I can't see things going well even five to ten years from now

 

[Hemps]

Exactly.

How hard can it be to just order some books though, you're clearly incompetent if you can't.

With things as they currently are you really have to wonder about the future of this country. Thousands of uneducated, unemployable people leaving/finishing school every year while relatively fewer people are paying taxes. I can't see things going well even five to ten years from now

That's the scary part, these people will expect "everything" but sadly will never know where the problem lies.
Each year we see more and more young people on sidewalks wanting work, who practically try to jump in your bakkie so you will give them a job.