Invest in the education of the future generation
As we all believe that education is the most important
factor in a person’s success in the society. Committing to education is the
smartest thing you can ever do for yourself but what happens when you cannot
access it, even though you strive to study in order to become successful to
better your life but your situation just doesn’t allow you to. You find yourself
thinking maybe you were born in the wrong home, community, town or province
even.
I’m sure that many people have stories about how they
struggled in order to be educated and the many different challenges they had to
face or are even still facing, just to get basic education. The Eastern Cape
faces many problems when it comes to the education department. In high school
pupils find themselves being taught by people who are not even qualified
teachers which are alone a huge problem that can cause students to fail. There
are many reason as to why a person needs training in order to be named a
qualified teacher, you need patience amongst other things.
The unequal distribution of funding in public schools also
affects the performance of learners; a good infrastructure and sanitation are
some of the things that get ignored when it comes to implementing change in
public schools. You find students outside school facilities during school
hours, could this be a sign of disrespect to the teachers or could it be
because they have nothing to do at school. The problem of the shortage of
textbooks is just the most frustrating thing for pupils. The fact that 4 to 5
grade12 students share one textbook says it all, then we act surprised by
matriculants’ results come January.
I believe that the best thing that the government can ever
do for the children of this country is to invest in education, education is
that one thing that can never be taken away from a person, the future of the
Eastern Cape lies in the hands of the future generation, the same generation
that is being refused the privilege of becoming educated, what does that say
about our future?
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| Photo by Madelene Cronje, M&G |
" In 2011, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said: "By 2014, we
will have eradicated all mud schools in the province", and in 2013 she
said: "By 2015, in terms of mud schools, we should be done." — Compiled
by Equal Education" http://mg.co.za/article/2013-03-08-00-forgotten-schools-of-the-eastern-cape-left-to-rot"
