Take our education seriously for a better future
Why can’t rural and township schools be equipped as private schools and urban based schools?
I have been watching with much interest the sudden improvement in our grade 12 results for the past three years, whereby, we have seen an improvement in the pass rate having reached 70 percent.
Recently I’ve heard that government is aiming at reaching a phenomenal 80 percent this year. But what concerns me is how are they able to predict such a growth when we still have mud schools and in some areas, there is still a lack of basic necessities.
Granted, winter classes have been held and preparatory examinations are currently underway. My greatest concern is, are the learners up to it or are they just passive participants in the whole matter?
What has been gratifying is the improvement of rural schools in their performances, as such, closing the gap between them and urban based schools, although the rural school lack many basic amenities that would further improve their results.
What is also of concern is still seeing some rural learners still walking long distances to their schools when there is provision for scholar transport. Something needs to be done to better their situation and put them on par with their counterparts in the urban areas whose parents pay various transport to take their children to school.
At the same time, I hope the improvement in the results can go hand in hand with the production of more university entrance results than just mere passes that place no where than just ending up at FET colleges than producing more professionals than artisans.
I’m afraid, the class factor in our society will continue as the have-nots will continue to be subjects of the rich who afford to take their children to private schools where they receive better education and better opportunities for the future.
It’s good to encourage learners to take up courses at FET colleges, but they will remain on the lower ranks of society than being encouraged to go to universities where they can receive better qualifications that can place them in better positions, and can one day be in opportunistic positions to be among the leaders in this country.
In short, why can’t rural and township schools be equipped as private schools and urban based schools? Why can’t educators in these schools show more commitment like their counterparts in private schools?
If educators are committed and always want to be bestowed with accolades of having produced and groomed leaders in this country, they should show more commitment or else we are doomed.
