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Athambile Masola Exams the State of Schools in South Africa
This week, Mail and Guardian Thought Leader Athambile Masola was asking about the state of grade 1 schools in South Africa. Preparing for a Masters thesis in education, Masola visited schools in Grahamstown to investigate what challenges are facing both the learners and teachers in the foundation phase of primary school education. Masola remarks:I’m beginning to realise that most of the teachers in the foundation phase are much older and starting to retire. What does this mean for South African classrooms? This is perhaps frightening, as few young black people are interested in becoming teachers in order to educate the masses of African language-speaking children in their mother tongues. I wonder why we bother advocating a mother-tongue education in the formative years if the number of suitably trained and qualified teachers does not meet the demands?
What are your thoughts on this issue? I personally think kids especially at foundation phase possibly learn better when being thought in their mother-tongue. I do get that there are not enough teachers but lets not give up though.
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