Department slams report on SA education system
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- 29 Mar 2023
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Researchers out of touch with reality, says department
The department of basic education has labelled a report stating that SA's education system the worst in the world as a "rehash of old information and disappointing".
On Tuesday, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) released findings in its series of five reports on the state of SA's education system, painting a picture of a crisis in schools.
The independent policy and research organisation said underachievement in learning outcomes by pupils, poor teacher training and support and rampant corruption were some of the reasons behind SA's ailing education system.
However, basic education department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said the findings are a rehash of old information. He said the department will issue a detailed response later in the week.
"It sounds like they are not saying anything new. They are rehashing old reports but we will read the details and provide a detailed public response. It is disappointing that they keep on saying the same thing that they have been saying. The things they are saying are overtaken by time that we have resolved in other ways. Their research is based on our reports which are on our website. This is not an original report," said Mhlanga.
In the series of reports titled The Silent Crisis: Time to Fix South Africa's Schools, the CDE said it had done a comprehensive analysis of what is crippling the education system and what needs to be done to fix it.
CDE executive director Ann Bernstein said there should be a change in the political leadership at the helm of basic education in order to improve SA's performance in mathematics, science and reading. Read More…
