The 1976 youth riots in Soweto, celebrated as “Youth Day” since 1994, resulted from the claim by the ANC that the Bantu Education Act was designed to keep black South African children uneducated so that they cannot ever rise to become more than servants and gardeners.
This week the ANC minister of Education announced that General Education Certificate (GEC)will be issued to Grade 9 learners (already having passed previous grades with a 30% requirement) to avoid too many of them failing in the Higher Grades.
In her speech at the SADTU National Congress in Johannesburg this week, she described the eleven focus areas of the 2019 to 2024 Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF).
Priority 4 aims to deal “decisively with the quality and efficiency through the implementation of standardised assessments to reduce failure, repetition, and drop-out rates,” she said.
“We are also working on the introduction of multiple qualifications such as the General Education Certif
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