23 December 2014
The Democratic Alliance on Monday called on
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to announce interventions that will
tackle inequality in our education system.
This month, Motshekga announced Annual
National Assessment, which showed that less than 3% of grade 9 pupils writing
the 2014 tests achieved more than 50% for maths, but this was an improvement as
only 2% of grade 9 pupils achieved 50% in 2012 and 2013.
DA MP of Basic Education Annette Lovemore
said in the past, many indicators have been used to measure the success of the
schooling system, and that not one of them is linked to one of the biggest
challenges in South Africa
Lovemore added that one of the biggest
problems that exists in South African education system today is the inequality
in terms of education received by the poor and by the affluent.
“The poor in our country are receiving a
much in serious standards of education to those that are more affluent and can
afford to pay fees.” Lovemore said.
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