Reading comprehension takes top priority for Department of Education
The department said it would prioritise the most disadvantaged schools which are in the poorest communities, including multi-grade, multi-phase, farm and rural schools.
READING comprehension in the first years of school will take top priority for the Basic Education Department (DBE) in the short to medium term.
That’s according to Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga in her remarks at the meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education held in Parliament on Tuesday.
The DBE delegation led by the Minister and her Deputy Reginah Mhaule presented and discussed the department’s annual performance plan (APP) for 2019/2020 with Members of Parliament from various political parties.
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The APP is a detailed outline of the sector priorities as undertaken by DBE together with provincial education departments.
Second on the DBE agenda is the migration of early childhood development centres from the Social Development Department.
The digitisation of learning material, assessments, violence and social cohesion as well as a focus on sanitation in schools are also among the DBE’s priorities over the next five years.
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On the provision of digitised material for learning on a tablet device, the department said it would prioritise the most disadvantaged schools which are in the poorest communities, including multi-grade, multi-phase, farm and rural schools.
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