Row over the Workbook Project
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 6 Sep, 2010University World News reports
"With its basic education system in a shambles, the South African
government is rolling out easy-to-read workbooks to the poorest schools.
But it may be wasting millions of Rand - more rigorous research is
needed to test the efficacy of such books before they are handed out to
children, according to a new study by researchers at the University of
the Witwatersrand and JET Education Services. The study has infuriated
the book project leaders.
The research, carried out between
January and June this year, found that while a particular set of
workbooks for Grade 6 mathematics was effective, it worked no better
than an approved textbook currently used in South African primary
schools."