Dlabathi tackles educational issues at Tlakula Secondary School
Ekurhuleni chief whip visits his adopted high school in KwaThema.
KwaThema – Tlakula Secondary School was, on Wednesday, visited by Ekurhuleni chief whip Jongizizwe Dlabathi to discuss challenges faced by the school, its development and strategic plans for the year.
Some of the key points raised at the meeting were the decline in the pass rate for mathematics, decline in the number of learners taking accounting, the issue of poor infrastructure and lack of facilities, as well as lack of parental involvement with academic activities of their learners.
The chief whip emphasised the importance of learners taking maths, science and accounting.
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“We need to encourage our learners to take accounting, maths and science, but we aren’t saying the other subjects are not important.
“I am happy to see that more learners are opening up to taking science; parents need to get involved and be committed as well,” he says.
He adds that the office of the chief whip will continue to offer support to the school.
“For this year we will be continuing with the programme to provide support for the school, we have decided to bring motivation to the school in the form of having former learners who are successful to address our learners, especially the matric learners.
“There will be a rewards programme for learners who are doing well quarterly as a means of encouraging our learners to excel and commit themselves to their studies,” explains Dlabathi.
Tlakula Secondary School principal Nonhlanhla Thembekwayo says they have noticed the challenges faced by the school and have a strategic plan in place to address them.
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“We have noted the obstacles which have affected our past performance; we have already started rolling out our plans to better our performance results for the year.
“We will be working closely with learners by introducing a pledge board as a tool to encourage them to work hard.
“We want to work with parents so our learners have a proper support structure.
“We will also have one-on-one sessions with our learners,” says Thembekwayo.
The director of the Department of Education Gauteng East District, Matoto Shabangu, also attended the meeting.
She stated that while there has been improvement there are still some challenges with business studies and economics, which affected the pass rate of the school.
The school wants to achieve a 90 per cent pass rate for the Class of 2020.
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