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Ok, this is becoming my annual explainer about #Matric2023 but I see we still have not learned that the pass mark isn't the problem with education.
1. ALL living SAns were taught in a system where you can pass up to 2 subjects with at 30%. It's not new, nor the problem.
Ok, this is becoming my annual explainer about #Matric2023 but I see we still have not learned that the pass mark isn't the problem with education.
1. ALL living SAns were taught in a system where you can pass up to 2 subjects with at 30%. It's not new, nor the problem.
2. The education problem in SA is a teaching and learning. To focus on the pass mark is like putting a bandaid on a bullet hole. Even if we made the pass mark 60% for all subjects tomorrow, learners would not have better outcomes, politicians will just have more talking points.
3. If we kept the pass mark & criteria as it is but focused on curriculum, teacher training, learner support and wellbeing, school management support, infrastructure (equal norms and standards) & a dual system for academic and technical learning, learners would get far above 30%.
4. We have a much bigger problem than passing some subjects at 30%. The problem is that more than half of the Gr. 1s that start together never even make past Grade 9. Our drop out rate is extraordinary, the socioeconomic conditions in society compounds poor teaching & learning.
5. We like quick fixes. We clap for ideas like pass marks because we think it's a quick fix when the only people who will suffer at that quick fix are learning suffering the fate of poor teaching and learning environments and systems our and older generations designed.
For people who need to be reminded that we have always been able to pass subjects at 30% please see @BiancavanWyk16's video below.
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