Pretoria - Educating and developing teachers will be top priority for the country’s education sector in the coming years, with the recently launched...

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I love words, for me reading is to live, and thinking is to breath,
putting words for others to read needs you to think of them.

so i share with you and the world my problem,

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Pretoria – The 2010 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results show a marked improvement in the mathematics and physical science results achieved at...

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Pretoria – Learners and teachers at Ingqayizivele Secondary School in Tembisa have made a commitment to promote and protect the lives of other human beings as prescribed in the Bill of Responsibilities.

Basic Education Deputy Minister Enver Surty officially launched the campaign to promote the Bill of Responsibilities, a practical document that outlines the responsibilities that correspond with the rights found in the Bill of Rights in Chapter 2 of the Constitution.

Through the Bill of Responsibilities, government encourages learners, teachers, parents, and communities to work together to inculcate a culture of responsible citizenship in schools.

The Bill was penned with the help of the National Religious Leaders Forum.

Speaking at the launch on Friday in Tembisa, Surty said the Bill does not diminish the power of the Bill of Rights, and added that with rights come responsibilities.

“It recognises that freedom comes with responsibilities. It’s about the creation of a caring human society. It’s not a legal document but an interpretation … the Bill of Rights,” Surty said, adding that “we can only lead if we are on the right track.”

Among the rights and responsibilities covered in the document include the right to education, attend school regularly, co-operate respectfully with teachers and fellow learners and adhere to rules and the code of conduct of the school.

Primedia Broadcasting CEO Terry Volkwyn said the Bill contained in the Constitution enshrines the rights of each and every citizen and seeks to protect those who are vulnerable in society, weak or marginalised.

She called the youth and religious leaders to drive the campaign and take the Bill to the communities.

She further challenged the youth to set an example and start to walk the talk. “You are somebody today and have potential to make change. Inspire the change and impact the change you want to see in your community.

“It is time to make a world a better place. Say no to drugs, bullying, teenage pregnancy, disrespectful behaviour and say yes to education, law and order and a bright South Africa,” said Volkwyn.

Independent Group Newspapers CEO Tony Howard said: “Although it is not a legal document, without the Bill, our Constitution means nothing.

“It is designed to inculcate and impress on our young people, their parents and all South Africans that the Bill of Rights has a flipside – every guaranteed right comes with a set of values we as citizens must preach, practice and live up to in our daily lives.”

Gauteng MEC for Education Barbara Creecy reminded learners that they are the future and no one can stop them.

“What you do and the choices you make matters to your own lives and the future of this country. In this life, you can’t just take … but have to give back,” she said, adding that the department is passionate about the bill and will make it become a living reality in the country. - BuaNews

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Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has officially launched a unit that will ensure effective evaluation of the entire education system and development of schools.

Launched on Friday, the National Education and Evaluation Unit (NEEDU) will have the authority to conduct the monitoring and evaluation of schools, districts, provinces and the national department.

The core responsibilities of NEEDU are:

* To provide the minister with an independent account of the state of the schools, including the quality of teaching and learning in all schools
* Provide an independent account on the development needs of the school education system
* Account for the attainment of the standards by all schools through a monitoring and evaluation system
* Identify on a system-wide basis the critical factors that inhibit or advance school improvement and to make focused recommendations for redressing the problem areas that undermine school improvement
* Propose appropriate sanctions to ensure that schools offer effective education for all learners
* Strengthen internal evaluation capacity within schools in ways that reliably inform and complement external evaluation
* Monitor the different levels of school support and the extent to which there is considered actions on proposed interventions, whether in the form of developmental support or in the form of disciplined action
* Review and asses existing monitoring, evaluation and support structures and instruments on a regular basis to ensure clarity and coherence in the ways schools and teachers are assessed and supported
* Provide schools with evidence-based advice on how to pursue school improvement in their particular context
* Promote school improvement through the dissemination of good practice

Motshekga said the emphasis was on schools because they were at the heart of their delivery.

“It is in schools where our main purpose for existence is, they are the most important unit in our work and the success of our sector should be judged by their performance and all our activities should be targeted at supporting schools and making them work.

”I trust that NEEDU will assist us greatly to achieve the outputs and deliverables set out in the education sector based plan-Action Plan 2014: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2025,” Motshekga said.

NEEDU’s CEO Professor John Volmink noted that schools are the centre of the building blocks in realising the dream of improved quality education, stressing a need for stakeholders to be accountable towards achieving the goal.

“It’s the responsibility of every South African to embrace and pursue that dream. The need for accountability is necessary and unavoidable. Once you’ve made a commitment to be accountable, you must [live up to that],” said Volmink. - BuaNews