Witbank High School set on quality, learning and teaching curriculum.
He urged the parents to work with the school
During a parents meeting the principal of Witbank High School, Mr Oskin Usinga highlighted problems faced by the school.
He said he has decided to call the meeting and has also invited stakeholders who have a role to play in the school activities.
Mr Usinga spoke about the Quality, Learning and Teaching Curriculum and stated that he has invited taxi owners as business people, SAPS, councillors and pastors as the school stakeholders.
He said the school was faced with satanism, drugs and teenage pregnancy. He said campaigns were held at the school and a programme was developed but nine girls have so far fallen pregnant.
He urged the parents to work with the school.
Mr Usinga further invited the parents to come with solutions to resolve the satanism issue.
Pastors to come and pray at the school was proposed. A date and time will be set but will be done as soon as possible.
He told the parents that they have declared war on satanism.
Sergeant David Ratau spoke about drugs and the school code of conduct.
He strongly appeal to the parents to communicate with their children and to be involved in their lives.
“Get involved in your child as a parent and play your role. Know about their friends, their activities at school and after school. If you encounter problems, come to school and discuss it with the principal. Know the transport driver of your child. Stop attacking teachers, your children are involved in a lot of activities and some of them with illegal activities and will get arrested.”
Colonel Helen Masombuka detective cluster commander urged parents to check their children’s laundry, school bags and to be involved in their lives.
She told the parents not to give their children a lot of money as that might lead them to buy drugs and alcohol. Colonel Masombuka was not happy about the loud music played at scholar transport.
She also assured parents that help was available at the police station if they need it and provide them with her number.
According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) website, in some cases people see the curriculum entirely in terms of the subjects that are taught and as set out within the set of textbooks and forget the wider goals of competencies and personal development.
This is why a curriculum framework is important.
It sets the subjects within this wider context and shows how learning experiences within the subjects need to contribute to the attainment of the wider goals.
All these documents and the issues they refer to form a ‘curriculum system’.
Given their guiding function for education agents and stakeholders, clear, inspired and motivational curriculum documents and materials play an important role in ensuring education quality.
The involvement of stakeholders (including and especially teachers), in the development of the written curriculum is of paramount importance for ensuring ownership and sustainability of curriculum processes.
