Education
20 April 2006
The Department of Education has decided to support the 2006 programme of the
Global Campaign for Education, under the theme of âEvery Child Needs a
Teacherâ. In many countries, especially in Africa, children have no teachers
and this is a matter, which must be addressed by the international community,
including ourselves. Although South Africa is fortunate to have sufficient
teachers for all our learners, problems of deployment and utilisation sometimes
result in unacceptably large classes.
The Department has therefore directed all officials to âreturn to schoolâ
during the week of 24 to 30 April and to take up normal teaching duties while
there. Provincial education departments have been requested to do likewise and
many office-based educators will be returning to their former schools during
the campaign.
The aim of the programme is to highlight the critical role of teachers, for
the Department to become more aware of the challenges of classroom teaching
within the new policy environment and to provide support and assistance to
other teachers.
The Director-General of the Department of Education, Mr Duncan Hindle, will
return to class at the Ithongasi Primary School, Port Shepstone in
KwaZulu-Natal.
Official will also be reporting on the factors that result in large classes
at some schools and making recommendations how to ensure and equitable and
effective distribution of our teachers to schools and classes.
For more information on the campaign, visit the website http://www.campaignforeducation.org.
Enquiries:
Tommy Makhode
Tel: (012) 312 5538
Cell: 082 566 0446
Issued by: Department of Education
20 April 2006
