I agree with the YCL. Other things that could have been considered are other causes of suicide amongst young people and the YCL draws a comprehensive campaign on youth suicide.
Viva Ufasimba! ________________________________ From: Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA: Stop publishing matric results in newspapers! I so agree It is unecessary On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Young Communist League in matric plea > > >Amukelani Chauke and Retha Grobbelaar, The Times, Johannesburg, 26 September, >2011 > >Young Communist League secretary Buti Manamela has called on the government to >stop publishing matric results in newspapers because, he says, it contributes >to the high suicide rate among teenagers. > >Manamela said in Johannesburg yesterday that the league will propose to the >departments of basic and of higher education that the publication of matric >results in newspapers be scrapped to spare pupils who fail "embarrassment" and >"humiliation". > >"Why must we embarrass millions or thousands of young people who write their >Grade 12 examinations? They become a laughing stock of the entire township," >Manamela said. > >"There are serious cases wherein young people commit suicide because they were >not in the newspapers, and then later on they find out that they actually >passed. > >"We are also worried that the benchmark of passing or failing in life is >determined by Grade 12, and it is quite a cause for concern whether you regard >it as having made it in life or not, and that pushes young people to the brink >of suicide, [with] no alternative, and [they] pursue drugs, prostitution and >all sorts of things," Manamela said. > >Last week, The Times reported that 96 pupils had committed suicide since the >beginning of the year in Eastern Cape. The provincial education department >said the deaths were caused by a combination of factors, including domestic >violence, bullying at schools, peer pressure, poverty and the high prevalence >of HIV and Aids. > >"I can say this from personal experience: I was not in the newspaper because >there were results that were pending," Manamela said. > >"But, because there was a supportive environment and because some of my >friends had really failed, we all supported each other, only to realise when I >went to get my matric results that I had really passed. > >"Maybe one of the things that may have to be looked at when indeed the results >have to be published is to publish the identity number or the student number >of that student," he said. > >Basic Education spokesman Panyaza Lesufi said the department would be willing >to meet the Young Communist League to discuss the idea. > >"We are open-minded about any suggestion that enhances education. Let's hear >their arguments before we express views," he said. > >Professor Kobus Maree, an educational psychologist at the University of >Pretoria, agreed with Manamela, saying the Basic Education Department should >publish results by exam number to protect pupils. > >"Results are a private matter. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Who >gives the education departments the right to publish results using the names >of pupils?" > >Manamela said that the Young Communist League would host a jobs-for-youth >summit next month to discuss plans and ideas to suggest to the government to >address the high unemployment rate among young people. > > > >From: >http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/09/26/young-communist-league-in-matric-plea > > > > -- >You are subscribed. 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