Question 2499
Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether her department has put measures in place to lessen the effect that the general teachers' strike in August 2010 will have on learners; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Provincial Departments of Education had developed recovery programmes and established learning centres to support learners during the strike period. The Department of Basic Education, in collaboration with partners, had also implemented relevant programmes to support learning during the strike. Among these were daily broadcasts of lessons on the Public Broadcaster, both on radio and television. Print media houses had also made available study material to provide for revision papers.
The Department and Provincial Departments of Education have also planned interventions post the strike period to ensure that recovery programmes are intensified. In this regard, Provincial Departments of Education will retain selected learning centres to support learners. Other mechanisms for recovery of learning will include extended teaching time, extra classes, study camps and the use of technology to support learning.
Source: Department of Education
