TONY LEON: The outcome of dumbing-down of SA’s educational system
What is the thinking behind avoidable disaster areas, which blight children’s futures and threaten, literally, the nation’s health and well-being?
02 October 2019 - 12:17
About 15 years ago, in parliament, the DA spokesperson on education drew attention with a very telling metaphor.
The House was then discussing yet another government assault on private-school education, corralling the powers of their governing bodies and related items, in the pursuit of achieving equality of outcomes across all education sectors. ..
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