In support of quality schooling, government will support the back to basics call by the president by implementing the abolition of learner portfolios and the standardisation of teachers so as to release the load of teaching.
Premier Maureen Modiselle said during her State of the Province Address at the North West provincial legislature today.
“We will be training subject advisors on subject content, an area that research has identified as being weak and,” Modiselle said.
In the drive to strengthen the teaching of mathematics and science in the province, government has in the past year supplied schools with various support materials worth R22,7 million.
Premier Modiselle said government will continue with the refurbishment of laboratories and the special training of Mathematics and science teachers. Performance monitoring of the educational system will be spread across all levels and not only matric.
Modiselle announced that they have identified school governance as an undermined variable in the performance of the education system.
“In addressing this, we have inducted all new principals, introduced a practical leadership programme for principals as well as capacitating 953 school management teams to manage curriculum at school.”
Reiterating governments commitment to promoting the status of teachers, Modiselle said they will n ensure the employment of adequate numbers; improve their enumeration and training as an important part of the drive to ensure that quality teaching becomes the norm rather than an exception.
“Our teachers are carriers of what this society will become. They have the responsibility of shaping our tomorrows,” she said
For more information, contact:
Kgotso Khumalo
Cell: 082 7288 400
Tel: 018 387 3456
E-mail: khumalok@nwpg.gov.za
Issued by: North West Provincial Government
25 February 2010
