OPINIONISTA: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first, biggest and most important post-election priority is to fix the education system

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first, biggest and most important post-election priority is to fix the education system

As much as I am encouraged by President Ramaphosa’s election pledges that he will bring about policy reform that will boost economic growth and investment, the truth is that these are only short-term fixes. The same applies to his promises that he will continue to root out mismanagement and corruption in government and state-owned enterprises.

The results of these shortfalls are apparent in the numbers: Almost half the learners that start Grade 1 never complete their secondary education. Of those who make it to secondary school and are fortunate enough to make it to their matric exams, nearly half will fail. A recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study report showed that 80% of South African children in Grade 4 still can’t read for meaning.

credit rating agency Moody’s expects SA’s government finances and debt profile to deteriorate further and economic growth to recover only slowly over the next two years. Put another way, even if the economy was in better shape, throwing more money at this problem isn’t going to fix it.

Biggest problem is SADTU

Gotta get rid of the unions. That simple.

Mugabe might considered somehow by the world as dictator but when he took over from Ian Smith he never never touched education of Rhodesia. Here in SA that's where they started to destroy what was there with nothing...why many Zim people are good skills...

Teacher unions will not allow that. There's a toxic self centred psychology of self interest.

Tech can play a big part here and it starts with connectivity. 5G roll out is key.

One of the biggest challenge in our education system is that highly renumirated positions in teaching are sold or given to girlfriends. It's happening all over SA...

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