Low-performing schools to get support

Education Minister Naledi Pandor has outlined initiatives that she says will deliver the final death blow to the legacies of apartheid education. Pandor said during the debate in Parliament on her budget vote, five-thousand low-performing schools would be provided with education support in the form of libraries, laboratories and teaching materials. Teachers would be supported through high-quality, school-based education development programmes and strengthened district development teams. The strategy will cost an estimated 12-point-five-billion rands. Pandor admitted that the majority of children left school with very poor or inadequate skills. The problem will be addressed through the professional development of teachers.