The department of basic education’s School Monitoring Survey finds some improvements in access to textbooks and tangible inputs, but it does not measure the quality of teaching and learning
Survey finds some improvement in access to textbooks and tangible inputs, but it does not measure quality of teaching and learningThe School Monitoring Survey for 2017-2018 published by the department of basic education last week demonstrates that the ANC government has made some progress in improving education.
The slowest progress made was in providing physical infrastructure. Only 59% of schools met required standards; 30% were without running water; and 20% without adequate sanitation. Sixty-seven percent of schools had adequate classrooms for their number of pupils. There is no big secret to this. At the heart of teaching and learning is the teacher. Teachers in poorer schools tend to have lower subject content knowledge and are products of poor pedagogical practices themselves, such as rote learning and recitation.
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