LOL!!!!! Thanda kabi ubu-Celebrity!!!! On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> **Gugu, you and Buti out of order; you guys have the privilege to have > your names splashed in newspapers almost everyday. Nathi sifuna ukuphuma > emaphepheni. Lol. > > I agree; it is really unnecessary to publish these names. Especially if it > also has a negative contribution to society. > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: *Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:52:18 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA: Stop publishing matric results in > newspapers! > > I so agree > > It is unecessary > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Dominic Tweedie < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> [image: The Times] >> >> >> *Young Communist League in matric plea * >> ** ** >> ** ** >> *Amukelani Chauke and Retha Grobbelaar, The Times, Johannesburg, 26 >> September, 2011* >> ** ** >> Young Communist League secretary Buti Manamela has called on the >> government to stop publishing matric results in newspapers because, he says, >> it contributes to the high suicide rate among teenagers.**** >> ** ** >> Manamela said in Johannesburg yesterday that the league will propose to >> the departments of basic and of higher education that the publication of >> matric results in newspapers be scrapped to spare pupils who fail >> "embarrassment" and "humiliation".**** >> ** ** >> "Why must we embarrass millions or thousands of young people who write >> their Grade 12 examinations? They become a laughing stock of the entire >> township," Manamela said.**** >> ** ** >> "There are serious cases wherein young people commit suicide because they >> were not in the newspapers, and then later on they find out that they >> actually passed.**** >> ** ** >> "We are also worried that the benchmark of passing or failing in life is >> determined by Grade 12, and it is quite a cause for concern whether you >> regard it as having made it in life or not, and that pushes young people to >> the brink of suicide, [with] no alternative, and [they] pursue drugs, >> prostitution and all sorts of things," Manamela said.**** >> ** ** >> Last week, The Times reported that 96 pupils had committed suicide since >> the beginning of the year in Eastern Cape. The provincial education >> department said the deaths were caused by a combination of factors, >> including domestic violence, bullying at schools, peer pressure, poverty and >> the high prevalence of HIV and Aids.**** >> ** ** >> "I can say this from personal experience: I was not in the newspaper >> because there were results that were pending," Manamela said.**** >> ** ** >> "But, because there was a supportive environment and because some of my >> friends had really failed, we all supported each other, only to realise when >> I went to get my matric results that I had really passed.**** >> ** ** >> "Maybe one of the things that may have to be looked at when indeed the >> results have to be published is to publish the identity number or the >> student number of that student," he said.**** >> ** ** >> Basic Education spokesman Panyaza Lesufi said the department would be >> willing to meet the Young Communist League to discuss the idea.**** >> ** ** >> "We are open-minded about any suggestion that enhances education. Let's >> hear their arguments before we express views," he said.**** >> ** ** >> Professor Kobus Maree, an educational psychologist at the University of >> Pretoria, agreed with Manamela, saying the Basic Education Department should >> publish results by exam number to protect pupils.**** >> ** ** >> "Results are a private matter. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Who >> gives the education departments the right to publish results using the names >> of pupils?"**** >> ** ** >> Manamela said that the Young Communist League would host a jobs-for-youth >> summit next month to discuss plans and ideas to suggest to the government to >> address the high unemployment rate among young people. >> >> ** ** >> *From: >> http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/09/26/young-communist-league-in-matric-plea >> * >> * * >> * * >> * * >> >> -- >> You are subscribed. 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