https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv BBC Article en-us 2016-04-14 12:49:42 UTC 2016-11-17 19:09:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138454984 South Africa's minister of education openly admits that the country's schools are in a state of crisis. ]]> 2016-11-17 16:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138454984 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457022 "If 25% [of students] fail, we must have sleepless nights," Angie Motshekga ]]> 2016-11-17 16:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457022 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457133 The shocking statistic is that some 213,000 children failed their end of school examination for the academic year ending last month, out of a total of nearly 800,000.]]> 2016-11-17 16:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457133 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457417 Stellenbosch University's Professor Servaas van der Berg, out of the 1.2 million seven-year-olds who enrolled in Grade 1 in 2002, slightly less than half went on to pass their school-leaving exam, the matric, 11 years later.]]> 2016-11-17 16:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457417 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457539 South Africa spends more on education, some 6% of GDP, than any other African country.]]> 2016-11-17 16:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138457539 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138518545 But quality education for everyone is not there, as in many global studies South Africa often comes near the bottom in maths and science tests.]]> 2016-11-17 18:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138518545 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138518679 Children are packed like sardines into mini-buses and driven long distances, some over 30km (19 miles) away, to the schools in the former whites-only suburbs.]]> 2016-11-17 18:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138518679 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138519027 Some will be travelling to private schools, but the majority go to the state-funded schools which are better resourced and have better teachers than their equivalents in the townships, mirroring the situation during apartheid.]]> 2016-11-17 18:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138519027 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138519124 At that time, the white minority government spent four times more on a white child's education than it did on a black child. At that time, the white minority government spent four times more on a white child's education than it did on a black child. ]]> 2016-11-17 18:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138519124 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138519912 "We are entitled to ask why a black child is 100 times more likely than a white child to grow up in poverty," Leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane]]> 2016-11-17 18:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138519912 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520324 "We are entitled to ask why a white learner is six times more likely to get into university than a black learner." Leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane]]> 2016-11-17 18:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520324 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520461 "Twenty years down the line we still have the legacy of apartheid," Ms Motshekga told the BBC, "we still have teachers who were not trained for the future".]]> 2016-11-17 18:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520461 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520625 There are many schools in the townships and the government has built more schools in these areas since the advent of democracy, but quality teaching and a proper structured learning process is lacking.]]> 2016-11-17 18:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520625 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520902 The study asked 400 12-year-old students to work out the answer for 7 x 17. To work it out, the pupils first drew 17 sticks and counted them seven times. Some 130 of the 400 got the right answer.]]> 2016-11-17 18:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138520902 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521199 There are 11 official languages in South Africa but most teaching is in English, especially for subjects such as maths and science.]]> 2016-11-17 18:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521199 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521322 Professor John Volmink, chairman of the education quality assurance body Umalusi, has studied the relationship between the language of instruction and how students perform.]]> 2016-11-17 18:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521322 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521405 There are schools which continue to produce good grades under some of the most difficult circumstances.]]> 2016-11-17 18:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521405 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521574 Mbilwi Secondary School achieved a 100% pass rate for the school leaving exam.]]> 2016-11-17 18:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521574 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521692 And there are many private schools that are producing well-educated students every year.]]> 2016-11-17 18:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138521692 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138526936 2016-11-17 19:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138526936 tchansen18 https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138529242 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c4EEqhB77HVHMg1cRhdpuChUAQJyC6DKxgQM2SKx6xQ/edit]]> 2016-11-17 19:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tchansen18/zzwizm1yfgv/wish/138529242