Madam Speaker, South Africa's children need a coherent, workable and practical curriculum in order to learn the skills that will help them to drive South Africa's future prosperity.
The DA therefore welcomes the recognition by the Department of Education at a recent education indaba that there are problems with outcomes-based education that must be addressed. While this curriculum was introduced with noble intentions, it has been criticised by teachers, educators and educational experts for being ambiguous, overly complicated and not prescribing clear enough outcomes. Partly as a result of this curriculum, South African education remains one of the worst in the developing world.
The DA very much wants our youth to be able to make a constructive contribution to making South Africa a better place. Our education system must provide them with the quality foundation that they need to do this. We therefore call for this curriculum to be reviewed urgently.