Status of Science in schools

Besides the Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP) and its precursor the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE), I know not of any other recent study that came close to the 2014 Professor Jaap Kuiper study in laying bare the challenges inhibiting provision of quality education in the public senior secondary schools in the republic.

The findings of Prof Kuiper’s study on low academic achievement levels warrant urgent and sufficient attention.

He raised critical concerns and issues ranging from faulty pedagogic and management practices, teacher professional development (pre-service and in-service training), external oversight and the heavily loaded curriculum to name but a few examples.

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BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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