Last week, the results of the annual National Assessments for 2011 have been made public. Since South African learners have performed poorly in international assessments performed in the past, it was not surprising that the results of the national assessments were also poor. In Grade 6, it was found that the national average in Languages was 28%, with a national average of 30% for Mathematics. As a results of these poor...

Verlede week is prof. Asmal, voormalige minister van onderwys oorlede. Van alle kante is daar hulde gebring aan hom. Deur sommige word hy beskryf as : “He was a towering intellectual, great champion of human rights and unswerving in his commitment to the liberation of South Africa.” Baie kan egter nie hierdie entoesiasme oor prof. Asmal deel nie. In 2001 maak die minister van onderwys, prof. Kader Asmal die volgende uitspraak...