SOPA Key points: 1060 Educators have been trained

LIMPOPO – Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha delivers the State of the Province address today. 

EDUCATION:

• In order to capacitate and equip Educators and Curriculum Advisors with a deeper knowledge of both content and teaching methodology, particularly in Mathematics, Science, Technology, Commerce and Language subjects, we have trained over 1060 Educators through the Continuous Professional Development Programme.
• Our plans for this year is to place a further 300 Educators and 80 Curriculum Advisors on the same training programme.
• Our commitment to early childhood development has seen us increase Public Primary Schools that offer Grade R to 2 340, and we intend increasing this number to 2 485 in the next Financial Year.
• As a measure of promoting effective learning, we have made a provision to expand Scholar Transport to cover no less than 21 000 learners.
• We will continue to provide all no-fee paying schools with nutritional meals. Learner attendance continues to improve as a result of this programme.
• We have closed the chapter of delays in the delivery of textbooks. 1.7 million Learners have already been provided with textbooks for this current academic year.