Concerns about the state of SA Education
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 4 Sep, 2008SABC reports that the common message emanating from a debate on challenges facing HE was that the state of the education and the entire management of schools leaves much to be desired.
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe and Unisa Vice Chancellor Barney Pityana addressed the debate at the University of Johannesburg, which was hosted by the Platform for Public Deliberation.
During the debate. Pityana said, 14 years on in democracy, South Africa was still struggling in the school system. Though in budgetary terms it was well resourced there was no culture of learningand teaching.