"Our education system is a wreck"

According to IOL news, education is South Africa's single biggest budget item, but schools are hobbled by poor management and low standards.Nobel literature prize laureate Nadine Gordimer has lashed out against the South African government's failing education system deeming it as a "wreck". The education department has failed to deliver textbooks to thousands of public schools. More than 5000 public schools have been without textbooks for more than six months in to the academic year. Speaking to SAFM radio Gordimer said,"“Our education system is a wreck. It's a shambles. I can't believe that three-quarters of the year have gone by and so many of our schools, especially in the rural areas, have been without textbooks.It is the (education) minister's responsibility to see that the books are ordered in time and delivered. How can you teach people to read if there are no books to read from?”As IOL news reports, the criticism by Gordimer, who had several works banned by the apartheid regime, comes after peace laureate Desmond Tutu said democratic icon Nelson Mandela would be reduced to tears if he knew the poor state of public schools.

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http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/our-education-system-is-a-wreck-1.1352928#.UFpzbrLiaos