Fellow Members
It is with great pleasure to embrace the announcement as ushered by JZ
Adminstration.As part of the ANC Election Manifesto five priorities,Education
has being elevated to become a societal instrument to revolutionarise and
maximise education and skills development delivery.It is incumbent for All of
us to rally around our ministers to deliver the expectations of 22nd amazon
turn-out at all voting stations.
Our point is that on Basic Education Ministry,emphasise should be towards
entrenchement and consolidation of Mother Tongue Instruction in levels of pre
and primary education as it has been proved that we have registered limitations
in that arena.Educator Support and Development should be maximised as we have
not done well it that area given the harsh-harsh introduction of Outcome-Based
Education(OBE) and ensure that intensive in-service training centres are
revived to accelerate delivery on same.Infractural revolution is needed in
areas formerly disadvanataged to jerk uniformity of education provision in the
country.We wecome what we have seen in some provinces such as Limpopo with the
opening of classy schools in rural areas,that should continue.Class Size will
also be addressed in the fact that number of learners contribute towards
quality basic education.
The Ministry must deal with Promotion Policies at lower levels as a result of
compulsory promotion at Grade R-3 has posed problems.How can we promote
learners who are not competent to higher grades??This breeds failure rate in
higher grades and that should be avoided.And No-Fee Schools indeed should be
increased as expected projections suggest to 60% to aliviate poverty as key
barrier towards basic education.It does not need a rocket scientist to prove
that and destroy in the true sense School Drop-outs and child illiteracy in the
current conjuncture.
Togetherness of All Stakeholders will deliver on All the expectations.School
Governing Bodies(SGB's),Educator Unions,Education Officials,Universities
supporting Basic Education,Colleges of Education,Management of Schools must
come to the party to share best practices to deliver.
Learners and Students coming out of our schools,FET's must be relevant to the
current skills expected for our country.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Training must march forward to deal with
the hard issue of exclusivity towards higher education in the country.The
amount payable to most universities are not reachable to All learners/students
alike.Only kids from affluent communities are privy to the cake.Student
Barsaries must be augmented to cover all students across provinces to access
higher education.University Councils must come into the picture and play a
prograssive role than what we have seen before the elections at TUT etc.
Racism is a Trade Union issue and the kind of uncultural,uncivilised behaviours
of other institutions applying discriminatory tendencies towards admission
should be stopped,disallowed and out-lawed.
Our Academics,Intellectuals must not the fence sitters,critisizing but not
reagarding themselves as part of the solutions.We need to consolidate a view
that Young Workers,"Your Unions are waiting for You" and make them shape and
consolidate working class power at staff-room level/workplace level and that
will enhance our delivery of public services to all citizens.We can't have a
disjointed analysis of our limitations if we are waek to organise ourselves.
Workplace Learning should become the centre of worker education and skills
provisioning at all workplaces;schools,FET's,Colleges,Universities,Police
stations,Courts,Prisons,Factories etc.We must provide workers opportunities to
learn and advance through their career paths to avoid courses where a cleaner
is made to become a better cleaner than making him/her a supervisor of a
plant,instution etc.
Acceptance of Workers to sudy at All Institutions of Higher Learning should be
encouraged to enhance service delivery.Learning about new and different ways of
doing things at workplaces.
Mentoring and Coaching should be enhanced to accelerate best practises of
public service delivery.The SETA's must deliver more numbers on skill
development and provide opportunities for unemployed learners to be placed for
employment.All social ills will be eradicated through that as no one will idle
without any activity.
STATS SA should be used towards our favour and avoid analysis that suggest that
a person selling sweets at a corner is deemed to be employed and provide decent
jobs for all.
Given the background of our ministers in the understanding of what the poorest
of this country need,we have a firm believe that we won't fail to deliver.
Unions at institutions of higher learning must take an advantage and organise
more than before as we have seen limitations around Institutions Councils
running the show,firing and hiring.That should be dealt with.
Engagement and consultation of All Stakeholders have being a glue that have
delivered good governance in South Africa,a case in point is the delivery of
the election machinery through institutions such as IEC.
Bravo for All Ministers!!!!
It is not yet Uhuru
Mampane Norman
National Educator
POPCRU
(He writes in his personal capacity)
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