Elvis Masoga: Greatness of education
I appeal to the MEC to preserve and advance the province’s academic prestige and intellectual greatness.
In all history, there has never been anything more precious than the prestigious eminence of education.
For countless centuries, societies have cherished a passion for education and academic sagacity.
During the Pax-Romana era, only the highly educated men were permitted to grow beards. A long beard was viewed as a divine symbol of educational elegance and academic splendour.
Historically, a higher prestige was accorded to persons who excel in academic aptitude. The pursuit of education and scientific innovation had given birth to the epoch of enlightenment and modernism.
The intellectual calibre of a leader will always determine the socio-structural prospects of that society. Just recently, Premier Chupu Mathabatha appointed Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya as the MEC for Education.
Truthfully, I’m not familiar with the academic and intellectual profile of Lerule-Ramakhanya. In spite of that, I humbly urge all Limpopo residents to support the Education MEC.
Historically, Limpopo has served as a fountain of academic ingenuity and literary proficiency. Nationally, countless academic doctors, professors and iconic authors originate from Limpopo.
Professors Eskia Mphahlele, Mahlo Mokgalong, Lesiba Teffo, Cornelius Roelfse, Tshilidzi Marwala, Mogomme Masoga, Tinyiko Maluleke, Tebogo Mothiba, have brightened our academic firmament. For decades, Limpopo has been exporting academic talent to other provinces (Gauteng, Free State, North West).
I appeal to the MEC to preserve and advance the province’s academic prestige and intellectual greatness. In the last decade, our macro-educational qualitative output has been declining.
Limpopo’s depreciating matric passrate is becoming a festering sore on our conscience.
The basic education system is in grave need of abstractive calculus and scientific innovation. The current ‘write-and-pass’ teaching methodology is obsolete, sterile and misguided.
I humbly advise the Education MEC to appoint an eminent panel of scenario-planning academics.
The panel shall enlighten and empower the MEC to revamp and refine the province’s pedagogic models. Limpopo’s rich academic history is too great to fail and falter. We must inspire our learners to dream higher and strive for academic greatness.
