I don't normal share the same sentiments with SADTU, but this time around what they are saying is spot on. This ANA is not assisting the learners nor the teachers
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:02 AM, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > *ANAs Will Not Improve SA’s Basic Education* > > > > > > *Stephen Grootes, Eye Witness News, Johannesburg, 10 September 2015* > > > > The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) says it only opposed > the holding of the Annual National Assessments (Ana) this week because to > hold them every year would not allow enough time for any remedial action to > be taken. > > > > On Friday the Basic Education Ministry confirmed the tests were going to > be put on hold after SADTU said its members would not administer them. > > > > The union says holding the tests every year would not improve education. > > > > They say the tests should be held every three years, as that will allow > proper remedial action to be taken between assessments. > > > > SADTU’s deputy general secretary Nkosana Dolopi says, “Teachers don’t want > to be seen as underperforming schools; there is a lot of cheating that is > happening at schools. People are just putting up numbers so their schools > are not seen as dysfunctional schools and being visited frequently by the > Department of Education; being punished.” > > > > (Edited by Masechaba Sefularo) > > > > > > *From: > http://ewn.co.za/2015/09/14/Anas-will-not-improve-SA-basic-education > <http://ewn.co.za/2015/09/14/Anas-will-not-improve-SA-basic-education>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 12254 (20150915) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > 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. All you have to do is to send an e-mail > to this address (repeat): [email protected] . > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
