The Gauteng Provincial Government will hold a Soweto Education Summit to address the ongoing instability and underperformance in Soweto Schools.
The summit is expected to address topics such as improving classroom teaching and learner performance; how to bring back a climate of discipline, safety and social cohesion in Soweto schools; ways of improving school governance and management, and creating a political climate that fosters a spirit of learning and teaching.
Education stakeholders such as religious and business leaders, parents, students, ward councillors, teachers, principals, Soweto community and icons of the education struggles of the 1980s will form part of the summit.
Details of the media briefing are as follows:
Date: Saturday, 9 April 2011
Time: 8am to 5pm
Venue: University of Johannesburg, Soweto
To RSVP please contact:
Thebe Khumalo
Tel: 011 355 0225
Cell: 083 54 55 259
Moleboheng Mpembe
Tel: 011 355 0490
For more information contact:
Charles Phahlane
Tel: 011 355 1530
Cell: 071 860 4496
Source: Gauteng Department of Education
