MEC Makuphula's speech during Matric Results Release 2011 (06 January 2012); Eastern Cape Department of Education

MEC Makuphula's speech during Matric Results Release 2011

Posted on Friday, 06 January 2012
Article by Media Liaison and Public Relations

Once again, welcome and thank you for joining us as we unveil the New Curriculum Statement (NCS) Grade 12 Class of 2011. This takes place against the backdrop of momentous occasion for our country’s ruling party, The African National Congress, as it will, in a few days, on the 8th January 2012, be kick-starting its centenary celebrations, a huge milestone for the continent’s oldest liberation organisation. Whilst this is indeed a good reason to celebrate, it is also an opportunity to undertake a comprehensive introspection about whether we are living up to the expectations of our founding fathers who dared to dream of a world without oppression and racial domination.

Education remains a key priority for our government, that means each and every one of us are obliged to do everything in our power to ensure that we optimise the utilisation of the significant resources that have been availed to us.

The Department is working very hard to ensure that our systems fully adhere to the expectations spelt out in the framework of the Action Plan to 2014: Towards the realisation of Schooling 2025, which is long term plan that seeks to develop intervention to respond to the continued shortfalls in parts of our education system. Download the full version of the speech.

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Posted by Ramon Thomas - 04:52 on 25 January 2012

How to I get a message to the MEC? I come from the Eastern Cape and lecture to the top 100 independent / private schools across South Africa. There are some simply, practical solutions I have for him without spending 1 more cent.

Posted by Prof Sir Ndo - 14:00 on 09 January 2012

Taking into consideration the serious challenges DPT faced in 2011, 58% is relatively a huge achievement to say the least. However, for the MEC to realise the 2012 matric target, the HOD must institute a Drastic Action with Zero tolerance also considering designing a simple weekly monitoring strategy driven strictlly by the District Director enforcing weekly tests in all subjects targetting gr10, 11 and 12 in all underperforming schools.