Basic Education says they are expecting better results in this year’s Annual National Assessments.

The department has finished preparing for the assessments, which will be done slightly different this year. The assessments, which have been written by Grades one to six and Grade nine learners, will also include Grade 10 learners this year.

The department’s spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says they are expecting a better result as it has been a trend if based on previous surveys. He says since the introduction of the new system, the first year you get bad results, the second year you get improvement, so everybody knows what is expected of them, hence they expect good results.

Meanwhile, schooling has ground to a halt at the Oakford Primary School at Verulam north of Durban amid a dispute between school authorities and the land owner. The owner locked out the teachers and learners. Chairperson of the School Governing Body (SGB) Mfanje Mbango says the main problem is that the new owner of the property, Professor Marais, has forced the parents and the learners to use the pathway which runs through the dense sugar cane plantation, which is not safe at all.

Mbango says the parents are very concerned because their children are not safe and they are appealing to all the stakeholders to come together and speed up the whole process. The SGB leader says they hope that everything will be back to normal on Monday and is appealing for teaching and learning to resume on Monday.Basic Education says they are expecting better results in this year’s Annual National Assessments.

The department has finished preparing for the assessments, which will be done slightly different this year. The assessments, which have been written by Grades one to six and Grade nine learners, will also include Grade 10 learners this year.

The department’s spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says they are expecting a better result as it has been a trend if based on previous surveys. He says since the introduction of the new system, the first year you get bad results, the second year you get improvement, so everybody knows what is expected of them, hence they expect good results.

Meanwhile, schooling has ground to a halt at the Oakford Primary School at Verulam north of Durban amid a dispute between school authorities and the land owner. The owner locked out the teachers and learners. Chairperson of the School Governing Body (SGB) Mfanje Mbango says the main problem is that the new owner of the property, Professor Marais, has forced the parents and the learners to use the pathway which runs through the dense sugar cane plantation, which is not safe at all.

Mbango says the parents are very concerned because their children are not safe and they are appealing to all the stakeholders to come together and speed up the whole process. The SGB leader says they hope that everything will be back to normal on Monday and is appealing for teaching and learning to resume on Monday.
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