COSAS3.png 7 June 2016 COSAS Welcomes Newly Appointed MEC of Education in KZN and wishes Students well as Exams commence The Congress of South African Students unreservedly welcomes the new appointment of Mthandeni Dlungwani as the MEC of education in the KwaZulu Natal Province. The student's movement welcomes this move as it promises to come with new developments in the deteriorating state of education in the said province. The KwaZulu- Natal Province currently forms part of the three bottom provinces in performance nationally. The province remains with the consequences of the group copying saga cloud hanging over its head, the lack of proper infrastructure in schools mostly the ones located in rural areas, slow pace in implementation of the paperless classroom and lack of adequate subject advisors in certain districts. Other challenges facing the education sector in the province include scholar transport due to the better part of it being rural and having areas located far from schools. The province is also marred by various social ills including high teenage pregnancy, HIV Infections, drug abuse and general violence. As a student's movement we are confident that Dlungwani a former youth leader is equal to the task and will be able to come up with new strategies to turn around the state of education in the province, understanding that education does not exist outside of social ills and various backgrounds which learners come from that are often unfavourable. Education is a societal issue which will require that the MEC and his official collective work closely with stakeholders in education. The Congress of South African Students is ready to work with the MEC, whom is a great match to the kind of leadership that the big province with a high number of school's needs. We appreciate the work by out-gone MEC of Education Ms. Peggy Nkonyeni, she indeed left footprint of her own. The student's movement wishes well the students who will be commencing with their mid-year examinations today. We encourage all students to work hard and strive for academic excellence. We believe and trust that the matriculants have been making us proud so far nationally and will produce convincing results which will be able to guarantee them space to study in higher tertiary institutions for 2017. We encourage all matriculants to apply now for 2017 study year in higher institutions of learning, regardless of their financial background as they stand a chance of getting financial assistance to study if they are accepted. Issued by the Congress of South African Students Contact: President General Zama Khanyase, 074 334 8248 Secretary General Khulekani Skosana, 082 346 7959 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/002f01d1c0bb%2498ab8550%24ca028ff0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
