This is how Gauteng got to 87.92% in 2018
GDE gives revision classes, holiday camps & SSIP a thumbs-up.
There’s been massive transforming in South Africa’s education system since the implementation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at schools.
ICT was introduced to help enhance education in schools and to improve the sharing of information between teachers and learners in the classroom – and to create a more interactive teaching technique.
Gauteng Department of Education has invested greatly in ICT by procuring top of the range laptops, smart boards, tablets and this contributed immensely in turning around township education. Franchise India explains ICT as an important tool, especially in the process of empowering technology into educational activities.
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The 87.92% pass rate which the Gauteng province acquired in 2018 is the highest GDE has achieved since 1994 and this has ranked it 1st when compared to all other eight provinces in South Africa.
“We have commissioned curriculum experts to develop digitized curriculum content and engaged expert service providers to deliver intensive teacher training and on-site support.
“We are confident that this investment will bring about efficiencies over time, as we progressively phase out the use of paper-based textbooks and other traditional teaching and learning material,” said GDE in a statement dated January 4.
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GDE also gave a thumbs up to programmes such as revision classes, holiday camps and the Secondary School Improvement Programme and other counterbalances. SSIP programme targeted over 53 989 grade 12 learners in over 434 priority schools.
More than 84% of SSIP learners passed the exam in 2018 compared 79% to 2017. 136 SSIP schools achieved above 90% pass rate. Eleven schools achieved 100%. This programme contributed towards the improvement of results in 2018.
GDE spokesperson, Steve Mabona said, “It has been a difficult year but all the hard work has paid off. We are grateful to the class of 2018 and commitment by teachers who actively and consistently participated in the improvement of the results.”
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