THE ANC has urged parents to rise up and hold teachers accountable for the education of their children.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday told a media briefing that parents of learners in the Eastern Cape should take responsibility for their children's education.
The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the province has been on strike since the beginning of the year, despite the matric results in the province being among the worst in the country.
Mantashe said: "The education department in the Eastern Cape has been placed under section 100 (b), which means it is under the control of the national Basic Education Department.
"Communities in the Eastern Cape must take it up that teachers teach their kids, if they (teachers) don't they must take action."
He said parents should copy parents of Thembisa in Ekurhuleni, who stood up and persuaded educators to take teaching seriously.
Mantashe defended government against the perception that it was not doing enough to prevent the wild-cat strike in the province. He dismissed suggestions that the ANC was treating Sadtu with kid gloves because it feared a backlash ahead of the ANC elective conference.
Mantashe also announced that nominations for leaders of the ANC would start in October, a month before the elective conference in Mangaung. The party will also hold its policy conference in June.
He said the party would not allow a culture where members raise their hands and declare themselves available for positions.
"There can't be a free-for-all ... and allow people to raise their hands. You get nominated, what happens when you raise your hand and nobody supports you?"
Mantashe said the ANC has decided to allow ANCYL president Julius Malema to present argument in mitigation to the national disciplinary committee before his suspension starts.
"The NDCA (national disciplinary committee of appeals) has confirmed the guilty verdict, if we were legalistic we could have said the 2010 two-year suspension will kick in. But we took a different view. We will wait for two weeks for mitigation and allow that process to the end."
Take on teachers - ANC tells parents
THE ANC has urged parents to rise up and hold teachers accountable for the education of their children.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday told a media briefing that parents of learners in the Eastern Cape should take responsibility for their children's education.
The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the province has been on strike since the beginning of the year, despite the matric results in the province being among the worst in the country.
Mantashe said: "The education department in the Eastern Cape has been placed under section 100 (b), which means it is under the control of the national Basic Education Department.
"Communities in the Eastern Cape must take it up that teachers teach their kids, if they (teachers) don't they must take action."
He said parents should copy parents of Thembisa in Ekurhuleni, who stood up and persuaded educators to take teaching seriously.
Mantashe defended government against the perception that it was not doing enough to prevent the wild-cat strike in the province. He dismissed suggestions that the ANC was treating Sadtu with kid gloves because it feared a backlash ahead of the ANC elective conference.
Mantashe also announced that nominations for leaders of the ANC would start in October, a month before the elective conference in Mangaung. The party will also hold its policy conference in June.
He said the party would not allow a culture where members raise their hands and declare themselves available for positions.
"There can't be a free-for-all ... and allow people to raise their hands. You get nominated, what happens when you raise your hand and nobody supports you?"
Mantashe said the ANC has decided to allow ANCYL president Julius Malema to present argument in mitigation to the national disciplinary committee before his suspension starts.
"The NDCA (national disciplinary committee of appeals) has confirmed the guilty verdict, if we were legalistic we could have said the 2010 two-year suspension will kick in. But we took a different view. We will wait for two weeks for mitigation and allow that process to the end."
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