Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, facing a clamour for her resignation over the Limpopo textbook debacle, has been given a boost by the country’s nine education MECs, who have presented a united front in support of her.
The Council of Education Ministers said it was unfair for the whole education sector, which had scored improved matric pass rates and pro-poor policies, such as no-fee schools and nutrition schemes, under Motshekga, to be tarnished by the textbook debacle. .
MINISTER OF ADUCATION:ANGIE MOTSEGA
Yet at the 91st birthday rally of the South African Communist Party on Sunday, the secretary of the Young Communist League Buti Manamela said that firing Motshekga may not be a smart move since the rot actually lies deep in her department. In an interview with Daily Maverick, he said that he did not specifically call for the DoBE minister to be fired because this was really the prerogative of the president. “[Zuma] has commissioned a report on the matter and he will decide what action to take based on that report, whether it is a rap on the knuckles, or redeploying [Motshekga], or whatever,” Manamela said.
Everyone who does their does it well and tries to be consitent the everytime and some situations become out of your control. The text book issue was I think out of the Minister's control even after trying to work out the situation,however yes in the public,s eye it seems as though she was not doing enough and these things happen. The time and place is never predicted,she should'nt be fired for i call a mistake. There are reasons to this problem and in the end it has been fixed.
ReplyDeleteit must be difficult for angie because everyone thinks she is incompitent
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