Posts Tagged ‘GEC’
[LISTEN] What can be done to lower SA’s teen pregnancy rate?
On this thought-provoking instalment of The Talking Point with Cathy Mohlahlana, Merle Mansfield, Programme Director of the Zero Dropout Campaign, discusses the teenage pregnancy crisis in South Africa and its contribution to school dropout. More than 4,000 girls between 10 and 19 years old have given birth in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of […]
Tags: Stephen Grootes, GEC, General Education Certificate, Department of Basic Education, matric, zdc, basic education, SAfm, Merle Mansfield
Posted on 13 August 2024 under Zero Dropout in the News.
BELA Bill passes despite falling short on dropout prevention.
The Zero Dropout Campaign notes the National Council of Province (NCOP) passing the Basic Education Law Amendment (BELA) Bill this morning. Last Thursday, the NCOP made a hurried attempt to pass this Bill, and in the process almost violated its own procedural requirements. “This piece of legislation will have a profound impact on the education […]
Tags: NCOP, GEC, General Education Certificate, matric, BELA Bill, Basic Education Laws Amendment, Parliament, National Assembly
Posted on 14 May 2024 under Press releases.
The DBE’s new GEC could be a dropout game changer, or exacerbator
Recently, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) published its Annual Performance Plan for the next financial year. Of particular interest to the Zero Dropout Campaign in the plan is the implementation and progress of the new General Education Certificate (GEC) pilot. According to the DBE’s plan, “The GEC recognises formal learning that has occurred by […]
Tags: General Education Certificate, NEET, national senior certificate, dropout, GEC, DBE
Posted on 17 April 2024 under Press releases.
[LISTEN] How will the new General Education Certificate affect dropout in South Africa?
In this SAfm interview with Stephen Grootes, Merle Mansfield, Programme Director of the Zero Dropout Campaign, discusses the protentional implications of the Department of Basic Education’s new General Education Certificate for Grade 9 currently being piloted in schools across South Africa. The General Education Certificate is scheduled for national implementation in 2025, and if so, […]
Tags: Department of Basic Education, matric, zdc, basic education, SAfm, Merle Mansfield, Stephen Grootes, GEC, General Education Certificate
Posted on 16 April 2024 under Zero Dropout in the News.
Experts question new education certificate’s impact on academic standards
There has been debate whether the General Education Certificate (GEC) will, despite its intentions, inadvertently formalise the dropout phenomenon in South Africa, which is still at crisis level.
Tags: Department of Basic Education, matric, The Citizen, zdc, NEET, national senior certificate, NSC, dropout, GEC, DBE, General Education Certificate
Posted on 10 April 2024 under Zero Dropout in the News.
