Johannesburg – The quality of South Africa’s maths and science education places it last out of 148 countries, according to a World Economic Forum report.
Under the “skills” sub-category, the quality of South Africa’s maths and science education comes in last place, behind the likes of Haiti, Lesotho, Chad, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Kenya.
The quality of South Africa’s education puts it in 146th place.
This is according to the “Global Information Technology Report 2014”. It uses a networked readiness index (NRI) to rank the state of countries’ information and communication technology.
South Africa is placed 70th on the NRI, which is made up of 10 different sub-categories from which the overall NRI ranking is drawn.
Democratic Alliance education spokesperson Annette Lovemore said in a statement she would seek to have Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga brought before Parliament.
This was so the minister could account for what appeared to be the worsening state of South Africa’s education system.
She said the ministerial task team established to investigate teaching in maths, science and technology last year released a “damning report” about South Africa’s education.
“[The ministerial report] exposed gaping holes at every level of our education system,” said Lovemore…
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