A CAPE Town education specialist has called on the business community to assist the education department to solve problems in the education system.
Kobus van Wyk, an education technology specialist at Mustek, an e-learning and technology company in Stellenbosch, was speaking at African Education Week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre yesterday.
Antoinette du Plessis, teacher-training and development specialist, Graeme Block, independent education specialist and Claire O'Connell, director of African Education Week, were the other people on the panel.
They all urged parents to take an active role in improving the education system.
Van Wyk said: "We always look at the government or the department for answers to our problems in the education system, but what do we do as companies to assist the department to ensure that the problems are fixed?"
He said his company provided technology to many schools because teachers and pupils would not survive without technology.
Bloch said the education system was a national disgrace and that the crisis had been acknowledged by the national Education Department.
"We don't get basics such as mathematics literacy and skills in accountancy, science and physics right," he said. He said many black pupils were still battling for a good education, resources and other basic essentials.
"We have many problems, including the lack of security in many schools," he said,
Bloch said one of the solutions to the crisis was to mobilise parents and other stakeholders to put pressure on the department to seriously address the problems.
"It is disturbing to see the high rate of unemployment after students have completed their studies," Bloch said.
Du Plessis said they trained and assessed teachers in a bid to improve the quality of teaching and learning at schools."But some teachers don't know what they are doing," Du Plessis said.
She said the issue of training and development of teachers was not confined to this country and was a worldwide phenomenon.
Teachers must be responsible and take advantage of opportunities in teacher training and development, Du Plessis said.
'Business must help schools'
A CAPE Town education specialist has called on the business community to assist the education department to solve problems in the education system.
Kobus van Wyk, an education technology specialist at Mustek, an e-learning and technology company in Stellenbosch, was speaking at African Education Week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre yesterday.
Antoinette du Plessis, teacher-training and development specialist, Graeme Block, independent education specialist and Claire O'Connell, director of African Education Week, were the other people on the panel.
They all urged parents to take an active role in improving the education system.
Van Wyk said: "We always look at the government or the department for answers to our problems in the education system, but what do we do as companies to assist the department to ensure that the problems are fixed?"
He said his company provided technology to many schools because teachers and pupils would not survive without technology.
Bloch said the education system was a national disgrace and that the crisis had been acknowledged by the national Education Department.
"We don't get basics such as mathematics literacy and skills in accountancy, science and physics right," he said. He said many black pupils were still battling for a good education, resources and other basic essentials.
"We have many problems, including the lack of security in many schools," he said,
Bloch said one of the solutions to the crisis was to mobilise parents and other stakeholders to put pressure on the department to seriously address the problems.
"It is disturbing to see the high rate of unemployment after students have completed their studies," Bloch said.
Du Plessis said they trained and assessed teachers in a bid to improve the quality of teaching and learning at schools."But some teachers don't know what they are doing," Du Plessis said.
She said the issue of training and development of teachers was not confined to this country and was a worldwide phenomenon.
Teachers must be responsible and take advantage of opportunities in teacher training and development, Du Plessis said.
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