Although the debate around the state of education in SA and changing the curriculum to career-orientated subjects continues, experts say while education in SA is in serious trouble, the country’s economy is the root of most of South Africa’s problems, including the education system.
“The SA economy is not structured to support small enterprises, artisans and blue-collar workers. People go for academic careers because that is what pays enough for people to feed their families,” she said. “We can’t even get proper toilets to our schools, so how can we expect the government to have the capacity for that infrastructure. Book-based subjects are cheaper to deliver.”
She also said the impression that SA did not have a lot of entrepreneurs was also a lie. However, many people who started their own business in the formal economy failed, not because they did not work hard but because of theExecutive dean of the education faculty at the University of Johannesburg Prof Sarah Gravett said curriculum assessment policy statements should be adapted to explicitly pay attention to competencies that are required in a fast-changing world.
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