Another year has gone by and another 400,000 matriculants are being set losse on Society. But how are they prepared for the wolrd that they are going to face? Has the Education Department done enough to prepare them for the adult life ahead of them?
A lot of people are becoming increasing worried about this, as the National Average Pass Rate has dropped from 80 percent in 1995 to 62 percent in 2009. That's barely two-thirds of the matric candidates in school that are successfully passing the exams (over 100,000 students). This is ludicrous, as how can the government and the education department justify this situation in any way!
On top of this the Pass rates in Science and Mathematics are as low as 50 percent in some provinces like: Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North-west. In some schools in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, an alarming number of students can not even even read and write.
Because of this disgrace, it is encumbent of the present Basic Education minister to shake up her department and organise it to put the emphasis more on getting the maximum out of the syllabus for each student and making sure that each student gets the appropriate tutoringor assistance that they need.
Becuase, it is not just the quality of education that each student is receiving, but also the quantity of education that they receive! And we have to do it as fast as possible, before South Africa's Education system becomes known as another "banana republic institution"! As it is already some African students are complaigning that the standard of education in South Africa has deteriorated since the Apartheid Era...
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