The Liberals has launched a campaign to try the failed education policy of the new SA at the door of Doctor Verwoerd’s policy.
The closest truth of that campaign is that the predictable legacy of cultural mixing and ill-considered equality has already come true –
Millions of pupils leave SA schools functionally illiterate.
The lies that are spread under the campaign’s banner include:
Only one in three schools has a library.
Mathematics and reading skills outcomes failed.
Almost half of 2007 Grade 1s did not write matric in 2018.
Only 28% of people over 20 have completed high school.
Among the 25% poorest schools, less than 1 in 100 matrics will be awarded a distinction.
(note: putting facts out of context, or incomplete, is a lie)
Furthermore, it is very easy to quote statistics, to present convenient scapegoats such as “apartheid”, “inequality” or “
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