Letters to the Ed

The Department of Basic Education has extended contracts for teaching assistants. This extension applies to teaching assistants based in the Free State. 

We do not need to start again. We need to start at the top and systematically set NATIONAL standards to skill those SETAs in whose hands all aspects of provider evaluation, learning provision, and learner assessments rest.

The question is, could they not have done better for themselves if they had
been advised regarding less-known options which might lead to more long-term
careers/jobs? Would this not be a way to uplift communities and broaden the
skills base in South Africa?

I believe that issues within the education system need to be sorted before even targeting the motivation behind children.