All systems go
It is estimated that more than 2,8-million pupils have been enrolled in the province's 6 243 schools this year.
IT was all systems go for the start of the new school year in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.
According to an education department spokesman there were no major hiccups on the South Coast and all stationery and text books had been delivered.
It is estimated that more than 2,8-million pupils have been enrolled in the province’s 6 243 schools this year.
And while there may be many reasons for the drop in the 2014 matric results many believe that funding is a major stumbling block.
It is estimated that about 400 education advisers were unable to visit schools as a lack of finances kept them office-bound.
The question that needs to be asked is why so many advisers were employed in the first place?
We need 2015 to be a productive year – we want the class of 2027 to have a 100 percent pass rate.
