Nekongo apologises to teachers
Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo has apologised to the teaching fraternity for calling teachers "salary collectors."
Nekongo said the comments were made in the heat of the moment because of the high failure rates being experienced.
"Yes, sometimes we can also be radical because we are angry. Nobody can be happy with the result, and sometimes you are angry and you don’t know how to pass that anger," Nekongo said.
Accountability
Nekongo said teachers nevertheless have to own up to the failure rates that have been experienced.
"Whether we called people 'salary collectors' or not, the fact remains that 85% of the people failed. Imagine if you are a teacher and the whole class did not pass," he said.
The results were concerning, Nekongo added.
"We are worried with the results, whether now it’s as a result of us as politicians, whether it’s as a result of school management that is the issue... people have failed," he said.
Stakeholders unite
The time is ripe for the ministry of education to provide leadership on the way forward to arrest the high failure rates, he added.
"Let the stakeholders deal with it, whether it is the curriculum issue, Covid-19, all these sort of things. Let the leaders come together and see how they can solve the problems."
Almost 80% of the learners who wrote the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) and the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) levels failed to meet tertiary education institutions’ entry requirements. Figures released show that only 5 812 learners who sat for the NSSCO passed, while only 8 133 of the learners who sat for the AS level qualified for grade 12 admission in 2023.
Nekongo said the comments were made in the heat of the moment because of the high failure rates being experienced.
"Yes, sometimes we can also be radical because we are angry. Nobody can be happy with the result, and sometimes you are angry and you don’t know how to pass that anger," Nekongo said.
Accountability
Nekongo said teachers nevertheless have to own up to the failure rates that have been experienced.
"Whether we called people 'salary collectors' or not, the fact remains that 85% of the people failed. Imagine if you are a teacher and the whole class did not pass," he said.
The results were concerning, Nekongo added.
"We are worried with the results, whether now it’s as a result of us as politicians, whether it’s as a result of school management that is the issue... people have failed," he said.
Stakeholders unite
The time is ripe for the ministry of education to provide leadership on the way forward to arrest the high failure rates, he added.
"Let the stakeholders deal with it, whether it is the curriculum issue, Covid-19, all these sort of things. Let the leaders come together and see how they can solve the problems."
Almost 80% of the learners who wrote the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) and the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) levels failed to meet tertiary education institutions’ entry requirements. Figures released show that only 5 812 learners who sat for the NSSCO passed, while only 8 133 of the learners who sat for the AS level qualified for grade 12 admission in 2023.
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