Fellow Comrades We welcome the fermentation of such discussions as per the brief of YCL Forum.We read with interest your articulation of your viewpoints around education in the country.
This debate is not about starting new processes of Manifesto submissions but further elaboration of the future we aspire for as enshrined in Our ANC Manifesto.The role of COSAS and SASCO should not undermined is this discussion. Education for Use should be our proposition to argue on our Comrade's views worth to be clarified; Firstly,The right to learn is a key milestone to be achieved for a better future for Our Country,which cannot be disputed.The Joe Slovo Education Campaigns are meant to every year incalcate that love.The struggle cannot be achieved without a sense of love to education,which can be used to oppress or liberate.But;the latter should be our vocation. Secondly;Our Comrade,continued to say"Youth are a bit relaxed when it comes to Education as a common ground of all the organized ad unorganized of this Country".The critical question is How does you measure your assertion???It is our(my) view that we continue to see young people on long lines at Schools,FET's,Colleges and Universities gunning to be registered,which in my view indicate that young people believe that they are authors of their future.Unless our Comrade has figures researched to substantiate the argument further,we are ready to indulge on same. Thirdly;He continued to say"Department of Education has aborted our people in numerous fronts,amongst others; "Curriculum Changes at High Schools" "Admission in Institution of Higher Learning" "Potential Students denied their fundamental human right" "Minster of Education having failed the entire country" etc. All the least above listed are debatable,for example; Firstly;The curriculum changes were made and it was acknowledged that Educators were inadequatetly prepared for the changes,thus capacity to manage the changes were raised in all quarters.My submissions are also based on my experience as a former pedagogue that Educator development in the Department was inadequartely attended to hence SADTU has always saying educator development should be prioritised and Colleges of Education re-opened. Secondly;The release of results was reflected by our Comrade and He said"Minister of Education failed the entire country at large".My take is that the approach by my Comrade is mimnimal insofar as I'm concerned.The appraoch should be by case to case analysis.How do you release results for a student who never pitched for a paticular learning area exam??? The honest fact is that it it improper to derail progression of Learners and/or Students to further their studies in any form. Thrdly;My Comrade mentioned the view that "LIFE ORIENTATION IS NOT RECOGNISED BY TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS" is a misrepresentation of facts.Our learners have showed symptons of cracking due to lack of Guidance in the Old Education system.The imparting and nurturing of Life Skills at schools,Creches,Colleges,FET's,Universities should be done to have balanced beings.Social ills will be outrooted by youth who are grounded. Lastly;A vote for the ANC is the consolidation and enhancing of the revolutionary struggles COSAS,SASCO,SADTU,YCL,ANCYL and All COSATU Unions continue to do and rally around to realize the dreams of a better future for all. The challenges of today is not about writing and reading but about Unlearning and re-learning new and different ways of offering change to our country and the world at large. It is not yet Uhuru!!!! Mampane Norman (POPCRU National Educator writing in his personal capacity) --- On Thu, 1/22/09, P/Laan Mlambo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: P/Laan Mlambo <[email protected]> > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] EDUCATION IS OUR RIGHT > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 5:53 PM > Amandla Maqabane. > > It is with pleasure to me to initiate or just remind all > comrades the most > important political program that all revolutionary forces > have to embark > on very soon. A right to learn campaign of this year is not > similar to any > other year’s program, hence it take place concurrently > with the general > election campaigns. > > I think one important feature of our election program is to > mobilize all > the young people to rally behind the progressive > transformational agenda > of the African National Congress. I also viewing ourselves > as the youth of > this country as bit relaxed when it comes to education as a > common ground > of all the organized and unorganized youth of this country. > > The Department of Education has aborted our people in > numerous fronts. (1) > The change of curriculum at high school level, I suppose it > suggests some > drastic changes in tertiary institutions with regard to > admission and so > on and so forth. We have witnessed in numerous occasions > our potential > students being denied their fundamental human right to > education. This > baseless educational exclusion has manifested itself in two > ways: 1. the > tactical delay by the DoE to release the metric results. 2. > The useless > and time consuming subject (Life Orientation) which is not > recognized by > the most interesting courses in the university. > > The reality of the matter is: the minister of education has > not just > failed ONLY us who are currently within the system, but she > has failed the > entire country at large. We cannot as a developing country > afford to have > learners who spend almost 12 years in high schools and in > the eve of the > realization of their future where one has to enter the > industry or > tertiary institutions are now being told that they do not > qualify. > > I want to propose that this year; a right to lean campaign > should at least > focus closely in devising a mechanism to open the doors of > learning > wildly. That is just the beginning, an actual task will be: > all registered > learners and students are mobilized to vote for the popular > mass political > organization, the ANC. All that can be achieve once all of > us as comrades > and cadres we are registered both to vote and as students > or learners. > > I think it is also paramount that in our respective > branches at school and > in the community based branches we have a clear program as > to how best we > can assist the ANC, our organization to achieve and > implement the 52nd > National Congress resolutions. Particularly with regards to > the Free, > Quality and Public education only for “-People’s > power” (YCL). > > Socialism in our Life time, > -- > Philani Mlambo > Cell no: 082 732 0847 > Fax no : 086 690 4057 > > > ------------------------------------------- > South Africas premier free email service - > www.webmail.co.za > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > For super low premiums, click here > http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. 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