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EACHER unions have cited the change of curriculum and unfilled educator vacancies, as contributory factors towards the decrease of the matric pass rate in KwaZulu Natal. The province dropped by 7.7% from 77.4% last year to 69.7% this year. Speaking to Echo, Deputy President of the National Teachers’ Union (Natu) Allan Thompson said that although they had expected a decline due to curriculum
changes, this was a significant one. “We are seriously disappointed as we had expected a decline but not as significant as this one. “Often when there is a curriculum shift, pupils become victims. In this province there has also been a complete failure of administration, with the department failing to fill vacancies. “In some cases, you find that classes are overcrowded because there are not enough staff. We want the department to advertise vacant positions and change temporary staff to permanent so
that there can be stability. “It must reduce the number of pupils in one class and increase the number of teachers.” Deputy Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) Bheki Shandu said: “Firstly we would like to thank those teachers who have gone the extra mile by having extra-classes outside their normal working hours to assist our pupils. However, as a union, we are deeply concerned by the decline since for the past five years, there has been a steady growth. “The new curriculum changes
presented a number of challenges and added new topics, particularly in mathematics, which added to the challenge. “The failure to fill critical posts remains a concern as only a few vacancies have been advertised. We also acknowledge the proposal by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to intervene, but she must not come with ready made decisions. “We all need to work together to look where we went wrong.” President of the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa)
Anthony Pierce said the decrease is a cause for concern, as the last time this happened was about 10 years ago. We need to conduct an investigation on the contributory factors of poor performances at certain schools. “Another major challenge is vacancies that have not been filled. MEC Peggy Nkonyeni needs to find ways to ensure that vacancies that remain unfilled are filled. Teachers also need to be upskilled, especially in mathematics where there is an indication of extremely poor performance,” he ended.
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“This year the unit as a whole is hoping for more awareness campaigns that will help the youth in understanding the dangers of alcohol and other dangerous sub stances they end up using. We want them not only to understand the dangers these drugs are causing in their lives, but we want them to act posi tively and stop using these drugs. ”
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Speaking to Echo, Ntinga said that getting this award is a validation that young women in South Africa are tapping into male dominated industries. “I feel honoured especially since this award is from an Afrikaans dominated university. “It is proof that young women are tapping into careers that were previously unknown. “Young women should know that there is more to life, and must not be scared to venture into male dominated industriesbecausetheyfeeltheyarenotgood enough.” Ntinga said although her focus this year will be on the working world, having started her internship with Mondi on Monday, she plans to do her PHD some day. She paid tribute to her family for their complete support throughout her studies.
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Mandisa Ncanana, Thembeka Zungu and Halalisani Dlamini from Arthur Blaxall School were recognised at the NSC 2014 Awards
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MOUNTAIN Rise specialneeds school saw three of their matriculants recognised by the provincial government. All three - who are visually impaired - proved they were equally uptothetaskofscoringwellabovethe provincial average in the 2014 National Senior Certificate exams. Arthur Blaxall School pupils Halalisani Dlamini, Thembeka Zungu, Mandisa Ncanana are now concentrating on tertiary education and the opportunity to travel. “I couldn’t believe it when I got the call to attend today’s event. I have a feeling of success and am very excited,” said Zungu, who is almost completely blind.
Having passed her matric using Braille, she thanked her teachers for their support as she gets ready to start a social science degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Ncanana and Dlamini, who are great friends, are expecting to study law at UKZN. “My parents are so happy. My granny even cried when she heard the news,” said Ncanana. An avid spy novel reader, he said he hopes to be on the cutting edge on solving business problems in the future. Dlamini, who admitted travelling to school every day was a challenge, thanked his family for helping him achieve. He says he wants to study a law degree at UKZN.
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FOR many top achievers, matric was a triumph over tough times, as they were mourning the loss of a beloved parent. Maritzburg College pupil Lonwabo Lubanga received seven distinctions and will also study actuarial science at UCT. Hesaidhediditforhisfather,who died in 2013. “If he was still alive I would tell him that ‘I love you and one day I want to be a good man like you’. I hope he is proud of me,” he said. “There was a big competition among the pupils and that was motivating. I wanted to get great results to go to UCT and I am excited
I reached my goals.” Lubanga said he chose actuarial sciences because “I am good and passionate about mathematics and science”. His mother, Lulama, praised him for his commitment and said she knew he would excel in his studies. “After his father’s death I PHOTO: SUPPLIED thought he would be deterred, but Lunawabo Lubanga he pulled through. He’s self-motivated. I’m proud of him,” she said. Germany. His favourite car is the Ryan Somai (18) of Raisethorpe Lamborghini Aventador. Somai, who earned seven As, lost High wants to take his passion for cars to the next level by studying his mother when he was in Grade 8 mechanical engineering and one and has striven to make her proud day work for a car manufacturer in with great results ever since.
Muslim School for Girls’ top matrics tell of their dreams AMIL UMRAW MASIHA Essop (17) from Maritzburg Muslim School for Girls (MMSG) wanted to thank her principal, Ebrahim Haffajee. She wants to be a doctor or a pharmacist and hopes to open her own practice some day. Masiha got seven As in matric. Also getting seven As was fellow pupil Resne Maduray (17), who said she’s been a good student all her life and would like to travel to Australia or New Zealand. She said her motivation for doing well was her parents, as well as her own will. She wants to study pharmacy or engineering this year. Also from MMSG, Zakiya Reheman
(17) said she wants to be a psychologist so she can help people in the community. She was the dux at Islamia Primary School in Grade 7 and has been a keen pupil ever since, getting seven As in matric. She was very excited when hearing that she was a top achiever at her school. “I’m really stunned and totally speechless,” she said. Classmate Moshina Ismail (18) wants to study law at the University of KwaZuluNatal. “It feels amazing knowing I did so well andIreallywasnotexpectingit,”shesaid. Ismail likes everything about law and is especially interested in human rights. Ismail also achieved seven As.
Henna Cassimjee (17) also from MMSG, said she studied hard to make her ill grandmother proud. She lives with her aunt and grandmother, and they have been her support base. She definitely wants to move overseas, living and work ing in Dubai. Henna achieved seven As. Serena Gobindlal (17) was the head girlatMMSGlastyear,andshesaiditfeels great to be both the head girl and one of the top achievers. She loved accounting from Grade 10 and wants to study BComm accounting at UKZN this year. With seven As to her name, Serena hopes to work for a big accounting firm some day and continue to live in Pietermaritzburg.
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Thank you for your support THE Dlamini family would like to extend their deepest gratitude to all who gave support during the most difficult time of the sudden death of Gabangaye Patrick Dlamini. Special thanks goes to the Department of Education, the uMgungundlovu District, and the MEC who personally came to grieve with the family and the Shelembe family for sticking with us throughout. To all colleagues, friends and comrades of our departed brother, we say thank you for all your comforting words and deeds. We thank also the pupils and the community members who came out in big numbers to bid farewell to the fallen hero. God be with all of you.
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HE planet we find ourselves on is a wonder of the universe. The abundance of life on so insignificant a rock around a not at all spectacular second generation star is amiracleinitsownright.Thefactthat the life that exists on this planet is conscious, amazes me. We are not only alive but we are conscious of this, and we ask philosophical questions such as why are we here and where are we going. My favorite among such questions is why are we asking them in the first place? I don't blame religious people for having the idea of a soul, a sense ofpurposeandthissenseofsuperiority over all other life of which we find
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ourselves with on this beautiful planet. We are seekers of knowledge and the limits to the world in which we live. We have tried to influence the world through alchemy and tried to understand where we stand in it through astronomy. We have even put ourselves at the centre of the universe in trying to understand it. I find myself thinking whether consciousness is merely a bundle of memories and instincts. The truth is that there is no true textbook definition of consciousness even though we have an idea of what constitutes a living self-aware being. What is your soul up to when you're asleep? What if we are really alone in this unthinkably vast universe? And what if we all die and it is left devoid? Now, do we measure consciousness in terms of intelligence? Ah, another term that has a biased definition and so we cannot say that a termite, whose numbers surpass us 20 million to one, is not intelligent as it is sophisticated, specialised it its own way, which ensures its own survival. So, what of souls? We have such
strong feelings on human life that many of us do not believe in death as the terminator, if you will, or the end of existence of a human life. So, we invent the soul and believe that as a person dies, their energy, or spirit,doesn’t.But,let'ssaythereisan afterlife, a heaven and hell. Whatofalltheotherthingsthatare alive on our planet? What place do
life. They do sometimes seem to have a life of their own, don't they. I am smiling (as opposed to laughing out loud) at that thought, but it does beg the question - where does inspiration come from? From God? Is it just an accident as some biologists believe life to be? The implications of suchanaccidentwouldeliminate any notion of a purpose of life or even the need for a God. Which brings another shaky question of whether the idea of God we have is the correct one. I do not think there will ever be an answer to this one as it can never be proven. We ask ourselves these questions not because we mean to answer them. Maybe one day, as in Douglas Adams' A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, we might be able to construct a supercomputer that would help us answer the question on the purpose of “life, the universe and everything”. But until then, we will have to indulge ourselves in trying to answer them, and what a journey it has been so far. Who knows what we'll find when our telescopes finally detect a “hello” from deep space. Stay hungry. Stay curious.
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