The New Age reports that the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in North West has called upon relevant authorities in the education sector to apply strict vetting systems before employing teachers.
It said this was to improve the performance of the province at matric level. Provincial spokesperson Tshiamo Tsotetsi said an investigation into the calibre of matric teachers was long overdue after a report by renowned academic and Umalusi head Prof John Volmink found that the appointment of about 85% of teachers in the North West's education department was heavily influenced by Sadtu. "We do appreciate the work teachers have done to improve the performance of schools because we have a higher pass rate than last year," Tsotetsi said. "However, the more competent teachers we have, the better the results we will achieve and the first step would be to address these reports of corruption."
- Read this report by David Sithole on page 10 of The New Age of 17 January 2017
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