The Premier of our beautiful province, honourable Stanley Mathabatha, has in his address to the senior managers emphasized that there should be administrative stability, managers should be professional at all times. In your line of duty as principals, you are performing your work on behalf of the President, the Premier and the nation.
Therefore, when we implement our core mandate of teaching and learning which is measured in terms of the number and quality of learner passes it produces annually. We should always do our best and ensure that our schools are ready for effective learning and there is cooperation from all stakeholders. I am entrusting my hope in your selves.
Principals are the centre of teaching and learning and no amount of reasoning can take that away from you. The department is there because you are there and I am because of you.
Limpopo Department of Education (LDoE) was counted among 8 other provinces when the 2012 grade 12 results were announced because of your tireless efforts. Without your sweat, we could have a nil report! This year we are expected to produce 75 % pass without compromise.
Let me also emphasize that we are ready as a province in ensuring that the 2013 matric examinations run smooth. I trust in all of you to ensure that Limpopo is counted as one of the best performing province.
LDoE rose from a pass rate of 63.9% to 66.9% in 2012 grade 12 examination results because of your commitment and love for the future generation. We were applauded for an improvement within challenging circumstances in the Province. The province smiled at us and we smiled back. Today we are transferring the smiles back to you, because you deserve it!.
We may differ in identifying things which matter least but I can confidently say that we are of one heart and mind about one of the things which matter most namely, the learner performance, which holds the future of our children, the leaders of tomorrow.
Colleagues, we bank on you to use what lies within you to deliver what is expected of you, what the province and nation is expecting of you. We bank on you to always remember that the future of our children is in your hands. You showed us in 2012 that you can, Yes you can, do it again in 2013, and again and again.
Work on literacy and numeracy across the board
The 2012 ANA results were not pleasing at all. I call all of you to accelerate monitoring and supporting schools more than before. The ANA examinations are starting on 10 September 2013. Let us work hard together to improve the quality of basic education. We cannot afford to be judged as the second best performers.
Setting targets
At the beginning of each year all schools in the province are expected to set an overall pass target and subject targets. In line with the Annual Performance Plan for the current financial year 2013/14, I expect you to perform not below the set targets in the overall pass rate, bachelors, maths and sciences in grade 12.
Admissions for 2014
As you are aware that applications and processing of 2014 admissions have commenced I expect you to make sure that by end of October that process is complete. You are expected to have placed all learners who might not been accepted at their preferred schools.
Make sure that all learners admitted will have a classroom, furniture, textbooks and stationery. It is your responsibility that there are no learners without a teacher. All these need you to audit and provide us with the report.
LTSM, workbooks and stationery
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Let me assure school principals that this year delivery of Learning Teaching Support Materials (LTSM) will be done well on time. The Publishers are ready to deliver on time.
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The Unit responsible for delivery of LTSM, Workbooks and Stationery will provide you with the delivery programme.
- All deliveries, both LTSM and workbooks, scheduled to be in schools by 30 October 2013.
Once more allow me to thank you for your continuous good work you have been doing in making sure that the matric results improve. Please continue to do the good work.
I thank you.
