Compulsory maths at technical schools behind poor matric performance
Maths should not be compulsory at technical schools, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Thursday in reaction to their dismal matric results. Technical schools aimed to produce electricians‚ not electrical engineers, she said. Technical schools were Gauteng’s three worst performers in the 2016 matric exams. "The issue of technical schools is a national problem. We have even traveled to France‚ China ... because we want to grow the sector‚" said Motshekga. "We have picked-up that one of the problems in the technical schools is the curriculum that we set up in the technical schools. "We have made maths compulsory for all learners. These are the results that we are reaping for putting conditions which are not necessary," she said. "The curriculum experts and researchers and authorities in this area have been working with us to finalise our technical maths." At Bokgoni Technical School, in Tshwane, only 59 of the 884 pupils who registered to write matric passed the exams. A...
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