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Minister of Education Angie Motshekga

The Education Crisis in Rural Areas



Education is viewed as the most important tool to over come poverty but for those who come from rural areas is not the case for them because these pupils will not get the same education compared to those pupils who are in the cities.

We are all aware that schools in rural areas do not pay school fees and the pupil are offered food by the government but is that enough? They should not be neglected but should be given equal chances like those in civilized areas. This proves to us that even though we have over come the apartheid era but we still remain a divided nation. In order for one to get educated they  may need proper resources like textbooks and skillful teachers. That is not the case is South Africa because the government will talk and talk but at the end of the day they fail to deliver.

The Limpopo province story is a good example of how neglectful our government is. The minister of education Angie Motshekga has been in the spotlight these past months for all the wrong thing. Her ethics and moral towards education are being questioned by everyone in the country.

The minister was informed about the problems that the department may encounter but she ignored it until it was too late. The pupils are the ones that are still paying for her careless behavior because 22% of the schools in Limpopo province are still waiting for their textbooks. How can we expect a good pass rate at this point in time. They are in the 3rd term of the year and still have not received the textbooks. Read more...

Some of the books that were dumped 

Even though all these problems come from the poor management of the finance department, she should have picked up on the problems that they may encounter in the near future. The minister could have reported the problem to the President and they might have avoided all the bad publicity they are receiving. She needs to acknowledge her mistakes and take responsibility of her action and stop shifting the blame. The minister should face the media and inform them about how her department plans on fixing this whole chaos instead of avoiding them.

 

This is not the only problem rural areas face! Here are some other problems they encounter:

• Lack of clean water
• No electricity
• No libraries 
• Skillful teachers
• No computers
• Poor sanitation 
• Not enough classroom
•  No laboratories