12 November 2014
The Department of Basic Education on Tuesday briefed the Portfolio
Committee on Education on the report into requirements for the National Senior
Certificate.
The department told the committee it has established a task team to try
and explaining the 30 percent pass requirement.
Departmental Spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said no learner can pass NSC if
they pass all their subjects at 30 percent, they would need at least three 30’s
and three 40’s.
Mhlanga said the Minister broadly supported the recommendations as they
are consistent with the trajectory that the Department envisages for the medium
to long term improvements in the standard NSC.
Mhlanga said the Department had already commenced with the
implementation of a few recommendations and others will be implemented in the
short to medium term.
Mhlanga said the country should
focus on the objectives of the curriculum and not the numbers as a way of
assessing the performance of the education system.
Mhlanga said the department is
currently in the process of planning the policy and organizational changes that
must happen before recommendations with far reaching implications are
implemented.
“The report of the Task Team would be discussed at the
meeting of Council of Education Ministers where a way forward would be decided Mhlanga added.
No comments:
Post a Comment