Parliament, Tuesday, 25 February 2025 – The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education will tomorrow continue with its oversight visit to schools in KwaZulu-Natal, this time in the Ilembe Education District.
The committee visited schools in the Ugu Education District yesterday and today.
Committee Chairperson Ms Joy Maimela said the primary purpose of the oversight visit is, among other things, to assess the state of school readiness for the 2025 academic year. The issues the committee will focus on during its oversight visit include, among others, learner admissions and teacher/learner ratios, early childhood development, National Senior Certificate 2024 results and improvement plans for 2025, as well as the implementation of the curriculum, including coding and robotics, mathematics and science and technology.
The committee will also focus on support for rural education and special schools (i.e. provisioning of resources, user-friendly infrastructure, and preparing learners for post-school education/entry to workplace-based learning programmes
The programme for tomorrow is:
Visit to schools in Ilembe Education District
09:00 – 10:30 Groutville Secondary School (Groutville)
11:30 – 13:00 Stanger Training Centre (LSEN) (Stanger)
13:30 – 15:00 Stanger Manor Secondary School (Q5) (Stanger)
15:30 – 16:30 Prospect Primary School (Stanger)
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES.
For media enquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact:
Name: Rajaa Azzakani (Ms)
Tel: 021 403 8437
Cell: 081 703 9542
E-mail: razzakani@parliament.gov.za
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