Primary level subject specialisation consultations ongoing

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The Minister of Basic Education, Bagalatia Arone has said that there is consultation with stakeholders over suggestions to introduce subject specialisation at primary level.

Arone told Ntlo Ya Dikgosi (NYD) on Tuesday that at the moment he is unable to say whether his ministry will consider subject specialisation or not, however, there are ongoing consultations and the research to determine such.

He said that currently, the country’s education system trains primary school teachers as generalists and therefore they teach all subjects in the curriculum.

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