SADTU3 SADTU Update, February 2016 Speaker's Notes and Booklet for the 2016 Education Workers' Forums Full Contents (present section in bold): Introduction Pseudo Movements Defending Collective Bargaining The Privatisation of Education Migration of TVET Lectures in terms of the Public Service Act Government Employees' Medical Scheme (GEMS) Government Employee Housing Scheme (GEHS) 2016 Retirement and Tax Reforms Record of NEC Decisions on MTT recommendations Conclusion The Privatisation of Education In recent years we have seen an increase in the number and influence of "edu-preneurs" and their "edu-businesses". These are the organisations that see our children as a commodity and have identified education as the new "goldmine". Private capital exists to serve only one purpose, profit maximation. Privatisation in education comes in varying forms including the assessments regime, teacher development, learning and teaching material, low fee private schools and the list is endless. The increasing influence of private capital in education will go against the noble ideal of education being a public good, a right and not a privilege. It will take away our right as society to influence education policy and put it firmly in the grip of shareholders and directors of edu-businesses, this will ensure that our children are modelled to become an obedient labour force for the market to exploit. The other trend that we have seen is having ANA administered by the Private Service Providers. Is this not selling education for profit? The department is currently at pains to have the examinations run by Private Service Providers as well. What then becomes the role of Educators who have been teaching the learners throughout the entire year? Is this not the way or rendering the Educators redundant? We need to remain vigilant and defend Collective Bargaining at all cost. For more resources on opposition to Privatisation, please click: <https://counter-summit.wikispaces.com/Index> Button, Main.jpg -- -- 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.
